Vocational Programs for Cooks, Fast Food Career

Total Employees	Hourly Wage	Annual Wage
673K	$14.31	$29,760

The role of Cooks, Fast Food is to prepare and cook food in a fast food restaurant with a limited menu The average annual wage of the occupations is $29,760 and $14 per hour. 7 vocational programs could be taken for the Cooks, Fast Food career. Based on BLS data, a total of 673,490 employees were employed in the Occupation.

The 2024 average tuition over the programs for preparing Cooks, Fast Food 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, Fast Food Career

The following 7 vocational programs are required or helpful to prepare Cooks, Fast Food.

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, Fast Food
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, Fast Food

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