Vocational Programs for Cooks, Restaurant Career

Total Employees	Hourly Wage	Annual Wage
1,412K	$17.34	$36,060

The role of Cooks, Restaurant is to prepare, season, and cook dishes such as soups, meats, vegetables, or desserts in restaurants. May order supplies, keep records and accounts, price items on menu, or plan menu. The average annual wage of the occupations is $36,060 and $17 per hour. 2 vocational programs could be taken for the Cooks, Restaurant career. Based on BLS data, a total of 1,412,350 employees were employed in the Occupation.

The 2024 average tuition over the programs for preparing Cooks, Restaurant is $15,248. The average length of the programs is 552 hours and the average completion time is 11.08 months.

Vocational Programs to Prepare Cooks, Restaurant Career

The following 2 vocational programs are required or helpful to prepare Cooks, Restaurant.

The tuition, program length, and completion time program information is average amounts over all schools that offer each program. This information is only for vocational programs (i.e. certificate programs) and not for bachelor's or graduate degrees.

2024 Average Tuition and Completion Information for Preparing Cooks, Restaurant
Program Name	Number of Schools	Tuition & Fees	Books & Supplies	Program Lengths	Avg. Completion Time
Cooking and Related Culinary Arts	142	$11,770	$879	313 Hours	10.11 Months
Culinary Arts/Chef Training	324	$18,726	$1,059	790 Hours	12.05 Months

Schools offering voational programs for Cooks, Restaurant

The following 451 schools offer the vocational programs and courses for preparing Cooks, Restaurant. The list includes some 4-year colleges that have certificate or associate programs for the career.