Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations Career

Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations is a top-level category of 18 related occupations.

The average annual wage of the occupations is $34,156 and $16 per hour. 10 vocational programs could be taken for the Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations career. Based on BLS data, a total of 15,839,690 employees were employed in the Occupation.

The 2024 average tuition over the programs for preparing Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations is $13,377. The average length of the programs is 551 hours and the average completion time is 10.89 months.

Vocational Programs to Prepare Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations Career

2024 Average Tuition and Time for Preparing Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations
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
Baking and Pastry Arts/Baker/Pastry Chef	189	$24,241	$1,201	326 Hours	13.09 Months
Bartending/Bartender	5	$5,475	$260	162 Hours	5.50 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
Food Service, Waiter/Waitress, and Dining Room Management/Manager	16	-	-	1,050 Hours	22.00 Months
Institutional Food Workers	28	$66,014	-	-	-
Culinary Science/Culinology	2	$30,424	-	-	-
Foodservice Systems Administration/Management	31	$29,176	-	-	-

Sub-Occupations of Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations Career

Sub-Occupations of Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations
Occupation	Total Employees	Annual Wages	Hourly Rate
Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	13,248K	$34,490	$17
Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers	1,349K	$45,780	$22
Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers	1,349K	$45,780	$22
Chefs and Head Cooks	172K	$62,640	$30
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers	1,177K	$43,310	$21
Cooks and Food Preparation Workers	3,547K	$34,010	$16
Cooks	2,667K	$34,360	$17
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
Cooks, All Other	18,650	$37,610	$18
Food Preparation Workers	880K	$32,960	$16
Food Preparation Workers	880K	$32,960	$16
Food and Beverage Serving Workers	6,893K	$33,060	$16
Bartenders	711K	$37,090	$18
Bartenders	711K	$37,090	$18
Fast Food and Counter Workers	3,677K	$30,110	$14
Fast Food and Counter Workers	3,677K	$30,110	$14
Baristas	3,677K	$30,110	$14
Waiters and Waitresses	2,238K	$36,530	$18
Waiters and Waitresses	2,238K	$36,530	$18
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant	268K	$33,840	$16
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant	268K	$33,840	$16
Other Food Preparation and Serving Related Workers	1,459K	$31,970	$15
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers	483K	$32,730	$16
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers	483K	$32,730	$16
Dishwashers	464K	$31,650	$15
Dishwashers	464K	$31,650	$15
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop	425K	$30,750	$15
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop	425K	$30,750	$15
Miscellaneous Food Preparation and Serving Related Workers	86,350	$35,430	$17
Food Preparation and Serving Related Workers, All Other	86,350	$35,430	$17

Vocational Programs for Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations Career

15,840K

$16.42

$34,156

Vocational Programs to Prepare Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations Career

Sub-Occupations of Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations Career