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Cooks, Restaurant
Mostly untouched
AI barely touches this work so far. The BLS expects 12.1% more of these jobs by 2035, faster than the 3.5% average.
- Rank
- #683 of 785 jobs, by how much of the work AI does
- US jobs, 2025 to 2035
- +12.1% All jobs: +3.5%
- Median US pay
- $37,390 a year, 2025
- People doing it
- 1.4 million in the US, with about 218,600 openings a year
The work, 15 activities
The job description, marked up.
Every activity in this job, the biggest first. Tap a line for the evidence.
- deleAI does this
- +AIAI helps
- stetStill yours
AI helps with this: Prepare foods or beverages38%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 859 conversations, and it got them there 91% of the time.
Still yours: Inspect completed work or finished products11%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Inspect facilities or equipment6%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Clean tools, equipment, facilities, or work areas6%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Replenish inventories of materials, equipment, or products6%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Monitor equipment operation5%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI helps with this: Measure physical characteristics of materials, products, or equipment5%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 1,656 conversations, and it got them there 84% of the time.
AI helps with this: Prepare mixtures or solutions5%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 714 conversations, and it got them there 93% of the time.
Still yours: Provide food or beverage services4%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI helps with this: Determine resource needs of projects or operations3%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 1,590 conversations, and it got them there 92% of the time.
AI helps with this: Purchase goods or services3%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 214 conversations, and it got them there 91% of the time.
Still yours: Direct organizational operations, activities, or procedures3%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI helps with this: Develop recipes or menus3%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 1,712 conversations, and it got them there 88% of the time.
Still yours: Maintain operational records2%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI does this: Determine values or prices of goods or services2%
AI performed this in about 1 in 510 Copilot conversations and completed it 92% of the time.
2025 to 2035
Ten years from now.
For every 100 of these jobs in 2025, the BLS projects 112 in 2035. Across all US jobs, about 104.
About 218,600 openings a year, from growth and from people who retire or move on.
Nearby
Where your skills travel.
The jobs closest to this one. None of them is much less exposed.
- Shares 67% of the workCooks, Fast Food0% AI does, against 2% here+0.6% by 2035 · $30,890 · No formal credential
- Shares 62% of the workButchers and Meat Cutters0% AI does, against 2% here+2.4% by 2035 · $40,140 · No formal credential
- Shares 57% of the workCooks, Short Order0% AI does, against 2% here-5.2% by 2035 · $35,880 · No formal credential
The wire
On the wire.
Nothing filed about this job yet. The latest from the Work front:
How to read this file.
deleAI does this. In US Bing Copilot conversations from January to September 2024, AI itself performed the activity, completed it and made a real difference often enough to count.
+AIAI helps. People brought the activity to AI as their own goal, and it usually got them there.
stetStill yours. It barely shows up in AI use, AI rarely finishes it, or in this job it needs hands.
Shares are weighted by how much each activity matters in the job, using O*NET. Microsoft’s own AI applicability score for this job is 0.17, higher than 61% of jobs.
Doing an activity is not doing a job. The researchers behind this data warn against reading it as job loss, and so do we. It is US data; the shape of the work travels.
Sources: Microsoft Research, Working with AI (2025) · O*NET OnLine, 35-2014 · BLS Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
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