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Baristas vs Cooks, Private Household

Side-by-side · O*NET · BLS · AI-exposure research · Anthropic Economic Index

A factual, source-backed comparison of Baristas and Cooks, Private Household on the dimensions both occupations carry. Every figure is a position within an independent published dataset — not a verdict on which job is better, safer, or more “future-proof.”

Baristas Cooks, Private Household
Median pay · BLS OEWS
$30,480
$44,530
Employment · BLS OEWS
3,780,930
900
AI exposure (percentile) · task overlap, not automation
56th pct
83rd pct

At a glance

Dimension Baristas Cooks, Private Household
Median pay $30,480 $44,530
Employment 3,780,930 900
Employment outlook (2024–34) · BLS projection About average (+6.1%) About average (+5.1%)
Annual openings · BLS projection 904,300 5,300
Typical education · O*NET Usually requires a high school diploma or GED, though some occupations may not. Most occupations in this zone require training in vocational schools, related on-the-job experience, or an associate's degree.
AI exposure · published exposure studies Moderate · 56th pct High · 83rd pct
Global GenAI gradient · ILO ISCO-08 · via crosswalk — 29th pct · 18% of tasks
Observed AI use · Anthropic Economic Index — Automation-leaning (50.0%)
Mostly remote-capable · Dingel–Neiman — Yes

Pay and employment are BLS OEWS estimates; outlook and openings are BLS 2024–2034 projections; AI exposure and observed-use figures come from separate research and reflect exposure and usage, not predictions that either job will disappear. Compare like with like.

Skills

Shared: Customer and Personal Service, Oral Comprehension, Oral Expression, Active Listening, Speaking, Service Orientation, Speech Recognition, English Language, Near Vision, Social Perceptiveness, Problem Sensitivity, Information Ordering, Arm-Hand Steadiness, Finger Dexterity, Sales and Marketing, Reading Comprehension, Monitoring, Coordination, Written Comprehension, Manual Dexterity, Trunk Strength, Critical Thinking, Deductive Reasoning, Selective Attention, Food Production, Written Expression, Category Flexibility, Multilimb Coordination, Writing, Active Learning, Time Management.

Specific to Baristas

  • Speech Clarity
  • Time Sharing
  • Control Precision
  • Hearing Sensitivity
  • Persuasion
  • Operation and Control
  • Flexibility of Closure
  • Perceptual Speed

Specific to Cooks, Private Household

  • Fluency of Ideas
  • Administration and Management
  • Complex Problem Solving
  • Judgment and Decision Making
  • Production and Processing
  • Mathematics
  • Originality
  • Inductive Reasoning

Knowledge, skills & abilities O*NET rates as important for each occupation. “Shared” are common to both; the columns list what is distinctive to each (top by the order O*NET surfaces).

Tools & technology

Specific to Baristas

Specific to Cooks, Private Household

Full profiles

This page is a summary. See the complete source-backed profile for Baristas or Cooks, Private Household — tasks, the full skill graph, tools, work context, preparation, wages by percentile, industries, AI exposure and the AI work map.

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Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

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Singulariki. "Baristas vs Cooks, Private Household." Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Built from O*NET 30.3; BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2024; BLS Employment Projections 2024–2034; Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27); Microsoft “Working with AI” working-with-ai; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130; AI Occupational Exposure (AIOE) Felten, Raj & Seamans; ILO / Gmyrek et al. GenAI exposure gradient 2025; IBS O*NET-SOC ↔ ISCO-08 occupation crosswalk 2022; Frey & Osborne (2013) frey-osborne-automation; Dingel & Neiman (2020) dingel-neiman-workathome. Accessed June 7, 2026. https://singulariki.com/compare/baristas-vs-cooks-private-household

APA

Singulariki. (2026). Baristas vs Cooks, Private Household. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/compare/baristas-vs-cooks-private-household

BibTeX 
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  title  = {Baristas vs Cooks, Private Household},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2024; BLS Employment Projections 2024–2034; Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27); Microsoft “Working with AI” working-with-ai; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130; AI Occupational Exposure (AIOE) Felten, Raj & Seamans; ILO / Gmyrek et al. GenAI exposure gradient 2025; IBS O*NET-SOC ↔ ISCO-08 occupation crosswalk 2022; Frey & Osborne (2013) frey-osborne-automation; Dingel & Neiman (2020) dingel-neiman-workathome. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/compare/baristas-vs-cooks-private-household}
}

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