Cooks, Institution & Cafeteria vs Food Preparation Workers
Compare Cooks, Institution & Cafeteria and Food Preparation Workers side by side: median pay, job outlook, AI exposure, education, and top skills. Cooks, Institution & Cafeteria pays about $2k more.
Median pay$37k
OutlookGrowing
AI exposureLow 5%, modeled
EducationNo formal credential
SpeakingMonitoringActive ListeningCritical ThinkingReading Comprehension
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.