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Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria vs Chefs and Head Cooks

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

A factual, source-backed comparison of Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria and Chefs and Head Cooks 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.”

Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria Chefs and Head Cooks
Median pay · BLS OEWS
$36,450
$60,990
Employment · BLS OEWS
448,260
182,320
AI exposure (percentile) · task overlap, not automation
19th pct
51st pct

At a glance

Dimension Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria Chefs and Head Cooks
Median pay $36,450 $60,990
Employment 448,260 182,320
Employment outlook (2024–34) · BLS projection About average (+2.0%) Growing fast (+7.1%)
Annual openings · BLS projection 69,700 24,400
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 Low · 19th pct Moderate · 51st pct
Global GenAI gradient · ILO ISCO-08 · via crosswalk 29th pct · 18% of tasks 47th pct · 25% of tasks
Observed AI use · Anthropic Economic Index — Automation-leaning (38.9%)
Mostly remote-capable · Dingel–Neiman No No

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: English Language, Food Production, Customer and Personal Service, Mathematics, Administration and Management, Oral Expression, Near Vision, Speaking, Monitoring, Service Orientation, Quality Control Analysis, Judgment and Decision Making, Oral Comprehension, Problem Sensitivity, Deductive Reasoning, Information Ordering, Category Flexibility, Speech Clarity, Production and Processing, Active Listening, Critical Thinking, Coordination, Complex Problem Solving, Time Management, Management of Personnel Resources, Written Comprehension, Inductive Reasoning, Visualization, Selective Attention, Speech Recognition, Reading Comprehension, Mathematics, Active Learning.

Specific to Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria

  • Operations Monitoring
  • Time Sharing
  • Arm-Hand Steadiness
  • Manual Dexterity
  • Finger Dexterity
  • Trunk Strength
  • Public Safety and Security

Specific to Chefs and Head Cooks

  • Social Perceptiveness
  • Personnel and Human Resources
  • Instructing
  • Education and Training
  • Originality
  • Learning Strategies
  • Management of Material Resources
  • Fluency of Ideas

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

Shared: Spreadsheet software , Word processing software , Analytical or scientific software , Data base user interface and query software .

Specific to Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria

Specific to Chefs and Head Cooks

Full profiles

This page is a summary. See the complete source-backed profile for Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria or Chefs and Head Cooks — 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. "Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria vs Chefs and Head Cooks." 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/cooks-institution-and-cafeteria-vs-chefs-and-head-cooks

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Singulariki. (2026). Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria vs Chefs and Head Cooks. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/compare/cooks-institution-and-cafeteria-vs-chefs-and-head-cooks

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