Food Preparation & Service: AI Replaceability Across 17 Occupations
Compare AI task exposure across occupations, alongside pay and projected growth. 17 occupations in this view. The score is a relative index of task exposure from 0 to 100. It is not a percentage chance of losing a job or a forecast of layoffs. Individual tasks, employer choices, adoption, and regulation all matter.
| Occupation | Exposure /100 | Median annual wage | Stored growth projection | Employment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chefs and Head Cooks | 12 | $58,920 | +6% | 163,000 |
| Cooks, Private Household | 12 | $46,900 | +3% | 7,200 |
| First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers | 22 | $41,460 | +8% | 1,273,700 |
| Cooks, Restaurant | 32 | $35,550 | +15% | 1,457,500 |
| Bartenders | 32 | $31,510 | +8% | 710,100 |
| Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria | 42 | $34,900 | +5% | 401,400 |
| Cooks, All Other | 42 | $33,940 | +5% | 43,600 |
| Waiters and Waitresses | 48 | $31,830 | +3% | 2,361,500 |
| Food Preparation and Serving Related Workers, All Other | 48 | $30,340 | +5% | 78,200 |
| Food Preparation Workers | 52 | $31,170 | +5% | 1,091,800 |
| Cooks, Short Order | 52 | $30,790 | +5% | 95,200 |
| Food Servers, Nonrestaurant | 52 | $30,790 | +5% | 267,200 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | 52 | $28,970 | +5% | 415,800 |
| Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers | 58 | $29,930 | +5% | 578,500 |
| Cooks, Fast Food | 62 | $28,900 | +8% | 774,700 |
| Dishwashers | 68 | $29,400 | +5% | 558,700 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | 72 | $29,080 | +3% | 3,997,800 |
Sources and methodology
The score is a relative index of task exposure from 0 to 100. It is not a percentage chance of losing a job or a forecast of layoffs. Individual tasks, employer choices, adoption, and regulation all matter.
The Index uses stored BLS-based occupation data. O*NET, OECD capability indicators, and task-exposure research are contextual references. The derivation of the stored occupation scores is not reproducibly documented in the published dataset.
The source snapshot does not record the wage-survey year or employment-projection window. Check the original BLS release before treating these figures as current. Editorial changes and export dates do not establish data freshness.