Cooks, All Other
Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations- O*NET-SOC code
- 35-2019.00
All cooks not listed separately.
- Data source: BLSPublished: 2026-08
Moderate· relative
LowFour relative bandsVery highGroup-level value
Scale, basis and source
Four relative bands (Low / Moderate / High / Very high)
831 detailed occupations in the BLS Employment Projections table. Assigned per National Employment Matrix (NEM) code, so occupations sharing a NEM code carry the same band
- Data source: ILOPublished: 2025
0.18
0.09Range of values carried here0.70Group-level value
Scale, basis and source
Generative AI exposure index, 0–1 as published
Published per ISCO-08 unit group. Linked to this occupation, wholly or in part, by applying U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics crosswalks (ISCO-08 to 2010 SOC, 2010 SOC to 2018 SOC) as published
What kind of figure this source publishes
The BLS category is a relative rank, not an absolute level, and it is not a first-hand measurement: it groups an occupation's percentile ranks across several published studies into four bands. It is not an employment or wage forecast, not a probability of adoption, and it does not separate automation from augmentation.
AI exposure (OpenAI rubric)
The OpenAI rubric has no rated tasks for this occupation code.
Tasks
The O*NET® 31.0 Database lists no task statements for this occupation.
"What work can robots do?" (Anthropic) has no robot exposure value for this occupation. This does not mean 0.
Occupation information
Employment outlook (BLS)
- Employment, 2025
- 20K
- Projected employment, 2035
- 21K
- Change (2025–35)
- +5.2%
- Median annual wage, 2025
- $37,690
- Typical education needed for entry
- No formal educational credential
Korea classification links (KSCO)
Links from the current release of the Korea Occupation Direct Crosswalk v1.1, made by AI Changing Work. Relation values are read from the O*NET-SOC occupation side.
| KSCO code | KSCO title | Relation | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 45199 | 그 외 조리사 | Overlapping, not the same | confirmed |
Relation and status definitions(kr-direct v1.1)
ILO occupational description
AI Changing Work links the ISCO-08 unit groups below to this occupation by applying the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics crosswalks (2018 SOC to 2010 SOC, 2010 SOC to ISCO-08) as published, without case-by-case selection; each link may be whole or partial.
- ISCO-08 5120Cooks
The definition, tasks and examples below are the ILO's description of that unit group, not of this occupation.
Cooks plan, organize, prepare and cook meals, according to recipes or under the supervision of chefs, in hotels, restaurants and other eating places, on board ships, on passenger trains and in private households.
Tasks
- (a) planning meals, preparing and cooking foodstuffs;
- (b) planning, supervising and coordinating the work of kitchen helpers;
- (c) checking the quality of food;
- (d) weighing, measuring and mixing ingredients according to recipes and personal judgement;
- (e) regulating the temperature of ovens, grills, roasters and other cooking equipment
- (f) inspecting and cleaning the kitchen, kitchen equipment and serving areas, to ensure safe and sanitary food handling practices;
- (g) operating large-volume cooking equipment such as grills, deep-fat fryers or griddles.
Example occupations
Cook
Sources: ILO ISCO-08 — details: Credits
ESCO occupational vocabulary
ISCO-08 5120
- industrial cookESCO 5120.1.4
Industrial cooks create new food designs and recipes. They prepare, measure and mix ingredients to prepare foodstuff products. They control and regulate temperatures, monitor cooking process, assign specific baking tasks, and direct workers in task performance.
- cookESCO 5120.1
cooks are culinary operatives who are able to prepare and present food, normally in domestic and institutional environments.
- diet cookESCO 5120.1.1
Diet cooks prepare and present meals according to special dietary or nutrition needs.
- fish cookESCO 5120.1.2
Fish cooks are responsible for preparing and presenting fish dishes using a variety of techniques. They may also prepare the accompanying sauces and purchase fresh fish for these dishes.
- grill cookESCO 5120.1.3
Grill cooks prepare and present meat, vegetables and fish using grill equipment such as grills and rotisseries.
ESCO occupations that ESCO classifies under the ISCO-08 unit groups linked above; they are not matched to this occupation one by one.
Source: European Commission, DG EMPL — ESCO API 2026-08-08 (bridge v1.2.1)
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