Cooks, Fast Food vs Food Preparation Workers
Compare Cooks, Fast Food and Food Preparation Workers side by side: median pay, job outlook, AI exposure, education, and top skills. Food Preparation Workers pays about $4k more.
Median pay$31k
OutlookDeclining
AI exposureSome 30%, modeled
EducationNo formal credential
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Median pay$35k
OutlookDeclining
AI exposureLow 19%, modeled
EducationNo formal credential
Active ListeningSpeakingCritical ThinkingReading ComprehensionMonitoring
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Pay and outlook: BLS (OEWS 2025, Employment Projections 2024-2034). Skills: O*NET 30.3. AI exposure is a modeled estimate. How we model AI exposure.