Cooks and Food Preparation Workers Career

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

2024 Average Tuition and Time 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	$66,014	-	-	-
Culinary Science/Culinology	2	$30,424	-	-	-
Foodservice Systems Administration/Management	31	$29,176	-	-	-

Related Occupations to Cooks and Food Preparation Workers Career

The following 25 occupations are related to Cooks and Food Preparation Workers.

Related Occupations toCooks and Food Preparation Workers
Occupation	Total Employees	Annual Wages	Hourly Rate
Food Service Managers	246K	$69,580	$33
Food Scientists and Technologists	14,100	$88,350	$42
Dietetic Technicians	24,240	$38,440	$18
Chefs and Head Cooks	172K	$62,640	$30
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers	1,177K	$43,310	$21
Cooks, Fast Food	673K	$29,760	$14
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria	436K	$35,920	$17
Cooks, Private Household	740	$49,790	$24
Cooks, Restaurant	1,412K	$36,060	$17
Cooks, Short Order	126K	$33,920	$16
Food Preparation Workers	880K	$32,960	$16
Bartenders	711K	$37,090	$18
Fast Food and Counter Workers	3,677K	$30,110	$14
Waiters and Waitresses	2,238K	$36,530	$18
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant	268K	$33,840	$16
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers	483K	$32,730	$16
Dishwashers	464K	$31,650	$15
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop	425K	$30,750	$15
Graders and Sorters, Agricultural Products	23,430	$34,880	$17
Bakers	220K	$35,550	$17
Butchers and Meat Cutters	136K	$39,680	$19
Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers	138K	$36,840	$18
Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Machine Operators and Tenders	19,570	$42,410	$20
Food Batchmakers	169K	$40,890	$20
Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders	29,730	$39,770	$19

Vocational Programs for Cooks and Food Preparation Workers Career

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Vocational Programs to Prepare Cooks and Food Preparation Workers Career

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