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Food Servers, Nonrestaurant
Mostly untouched
AI barely touches this work so far. The BLS expects 4.5% more of these jobs by 2035, faster than the 3.5% average.
- Rank
- #549 of 785 jobs, by how much of the work AI does
- US jobs, 2025 to 2035
- +4.5% All jobs: +3.5%
- Median US pay
- $35,360 a year, 2025
- People doing it
- 296,300 in the US, with about 48,800 openings a year
The work, 10 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
Still yours: Monitor operations to ensure adequate performance18%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI helps with this: Prepare foods or beverages17%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 859 conversations, and it got them there 91% of the time.
Still yours: Stock supplies or products16%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Clean workpieces, finished products, or other objects10%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Provide food or beverage services8%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Move materials, equipment, or supplies8%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI does this: Communicate with others about operational plans or activities8%
AI performed this in about 1 in 354 Copilot conversations and completed it 90% of the time.
Still yours: Maintain operational records6%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI helps with this: Execute financial transactions5%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 1,073 conversations, and it got them there 93% of the time.
AI helps with this: Provide general assistance to others, such as customers, patrons, or motorists5%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 98 conversations, and it got them there 84% of the time. In this job the work is hands-on, so AI can only assist.
2025 to 2035
Ten years from now.
For every 100 of these jobs in 2025, the BLS projects 105 in 2035. Across all US jobs, about 104.
About 48,800 openings a year, from growth and from people who retire or move on.
Nearby
Where your skills travel.
Jobs that share the most work with this one, where AI does less of it.
- Shares 47% of the workDining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers0% AI does, against 7% here+5.3% by 2035 · $33,980 · No formal credential
- Shares 35% of the workCooks, Fast Food0% AI does, against 7% here+0.6% by 2035 · $30,890 · No formal credential
- Shares 28% of the workBiological Technicians0% AI does, against 7% here+7.4% by 2035 · $57,510 · Bachelor’s degree
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 0.12, higher than 40% 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, 35-3041 · BLS Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
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