Vocational Programs for Cooks and Food Preparation Workers Career

Total Employees	Hourly Wage	Annual Wage
3,547K	$16.35	$34,010

The average annual wage of the occupations is $34,010 and $16 per hour. 7 vocational programs could be taken for the Cooks and Food Preparation Workers career. Based on BLS data, a total of 3,546,860 employees were employed in the Occupation.

The 2024 average tuition over the programs for preparing Cooks and Food Preparation Workers is $12,636. The average length of the programs is 580 hours and the average completion time is 8.92 months.

Vocational Programs to Prepare Cooks and Food Preparation Workers Career

The following 7 vocational programs are required or helpful to prepare Cooks and Food Preparation Workers.

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 and Food Preparation Workers
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
Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager	100	$8,587	$1,626	316 Hours	7.50 Months
Food Preparation/Professional Cooking/Kitchen Assistant	73	$11,462	$598	900 Hours	6.00 Months
Institutional Food Workers	28	-	-	-	-
Culinary Science/Culinology	2	-	-	-	-
Foodservice Systems Administration/Management	31	-	-	-	-

Schools offering voational programs for Cooks and Food Preparation Workers

The following 549 schools offer the vocational programs and courses for preparing Cooks and Food Preparation Workers. The list includes some 4-year colleges that have certificate or associate programs for the career.