# Full-Service Restaurants

> National industry (NAICS 722511) — This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in providing food services to patrons who order and are served while seated (i.e., waiter/waitress service) and pay after eating.  These establishments may provide this type of food service to patrons in combination with selling alcoholic beverages, providing carryout services, or presenting live nontheatrical entertainment.

Cross-References. Establishments primarily engaged in--

- **NAICS code:** 722511
- **Canonical URL:** https://singulariki.com/industries/722511
- **Frame:** "AI exposure" means task overlap, not jobs lost. Figures aggregate over the occupations employed in this industry, each traced to a named public dataset.

## Scale & pay

- **Employment (BLS OEWS, May 2024):** 5,361,080 across 109 occupations.
- **Typical annual wage (employment-weighted median):** $36,435.

## AI exposure

- **AI task-overlap (employment-weighted across 64 occupations):** 26th percentile (Low) — Eloundou GPT-overlap + Felten AIOE; task overlap, not automation.

## Largest occupations

- Waiters and Waitresses (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-35-3031-00) — 1,735,540 employed; $33,780
- Cooks, Restaurant (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-35-2014-00) — 1,078,250 employed; $36,770
- Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-35-9031-00) — 357,110 employed; $29,990
- Bartenders (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-35-3011-00) — 308,430 employed; $35,090
- Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-35-9011-00) — 307,080 employed; $32,150
- Dishwashers (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-35-9021-00) — 297,980 employed; $33,280
- First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-35-1012-00) — 291,090 employed; $47,100
- Food Preparation Workers (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-35-2021-00) — 214,960 employed; $35,540
- Fast Food and Counter Workers (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-35-3023-00) — 120,730 employed; $31,200
- Cashiers (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-41-2011-00) — 96,550 employed; $28,650
- Food Service Managers (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-11-9051-00) — 87,620 employed; $71,220
- Chefs and Head Cooks (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-35-1011-00) — 87,040 employed; $59,490
- General and Operations Managers (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-11-1021-00) — 76,680 employed; $67,200
- Food Preparation and Serving Related Workers, All Other (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-35-9099-00) — 50,510 employed; $34,480
- Cooks, Fast Food (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-35-2011-00) — 37,330 employed; $29,990
- Cooks, Short Order (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-35-2015-00) — 36,820 employed; $34,740
- Driver/Sales Workers (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-53-3031-00) — 34,960 employed; $31,010
- Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-37-2011-00) — 21,870 employed; $35,240
- Office Clerks, General (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-43-9061-00) — 13,850 employed; $41,750
- Bakers (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-51-3011-00) — 13,190 employed; $37,160

## Sources

- **O*NET** (30.3) — U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development. https://www.onetcenter.org/database.html
- **BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS)** (May 2024) — U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. https://www.bls.gov/oes/
- **Census NAICS** (2022) — U.S. Census Bureau. https://www.census.gov/naics/
- **Anthropic Economic Index** (v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27)) — Anthropic. https://www.anthropic.com/economic-index
- **“GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.)** (arXiv 2303.10130) — OpenAI / academic. https://arxiv.org/abs/2303.10130
- **AI Occupational Exposure (AIOE)** (Felten, Raj & Seamans) — academic. https://github.com/AIOE-Data/AIOE

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_Generated from Singulariki's joined dataset; data snapshot 2026-06-03T03:26:54.804143+00:00. https://singulariki.com/industries/722511_