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Cooks, Private Household vs Fast Food and Counter Workers

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A factual, source-backed comparison of Cooks, Private Household and Fast Food and Counter Workers 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, Private Household Fast Food and Counter Workers
Median pay · BLS OEWS
$44,530
$30,480
Employment · BLS OEWS
900
3,780,930
AI exposure (percentile) · task overlap, not automation
83rd pct
56th pct

At a glance

Dimension Cooks, Private Household Fast Food and Counter Workers
Median pay $44,530 $30,480
Employment 900 3,780,930
Employment outlook (2024–34) · BLS projection About average (+5.1%) About average (+6.1%)
Annual openings · BLS projection 5,300 904,300
Typical education · O*NET Most occupations in this zone require training in vocational schools, related on-the-job experience, or an associate's degree. Usually requires a high school diploma or GED, though some occupations may not.
AI exposure · published exposure studies High · 83rd pct Moderate · 56th 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, Food Production, Sales and Marketing, Near Vision, Critical Thinking, Problem Sensitivity, Service Orientation, Administration and Management, Oral Expression, Deductive Reasoning, Information Ordering, Manual Dexterity, Finger Dexterity, Reading Comprehension, Active Listening, Speaking, Monitoring, Social Perceptiveness, Judgment and Decision Making, Time Management, Production and Processing, Mathematics, Oral Comprehension, Selective Attention, Arm-Hand Steadiness, Trunk Strength, Speech Recognition, Coordination, English Language.

Specific to Cooks, Private Household

  • Fluency of Ideas
  • Complex Problem Solving
  • Written Comprehension
  • Originality
  • Inductive Reasoning
  • Category Flexibility
  • Writing
  • Active Learning

Specific to Fast Food and Counter Workers

  • Speech Clarity
  • Time Sharing
  • Computers and Electronics
  • Far Vision
  • Auditory Attention
  • Administrative
  • Education and Training
  • Personnel and Human Resources

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: Web page creation and editing software , Data base user interface and query software .

Specific to Cooks, Private Household

Specific to Fast Food and Counter Workers

Full profiles

This page is a summary. See the complete source-backed profile for Cooks, Private Household or Fast Food and Counter Workers — 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, Private Household vs Fast Food and Counter Workers." 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-private-household-vs-fast-food-and-counter-workers

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Singulariki. (2026). Cooks, Private Household vs Fast Food and Counter Workers. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/compare/cooks-private-household-vs-fast-food-and-counter-workers

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