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Fast Food and Counter Workers

Food Preparation and Serving Related · SOC 35-3023

0.0% AI Exposure — Low
$31,200
Median Annual Salary
Average
O*NET Outlook
Proj. Annual Openings
3,854,050
Employment (OEWS 2025)
-0.6%/yr
Empl. growth (2019–2025)
100/100
AI Resiliency Score

AI exposure from the Anthropic Economic Index (2025); salary from BLS; skills from O*NET. See /sources.

Decision card

Career Evidence Passport

SOC 35-3023 evidence across exposure, wages, projections, postings, certified LCAs, skills, and transitions.

Proxy / seed data labeledDescriptive-only
SOC exposure
0.0%
Low · Anthropic AEI
Automation friction
40/100
Moderate friction; broad SOC seed ORS job-requirements coverage.
Wages
$31,200
No H-1B offered-wage row for this SOC.
Projected openings
BLS EP 2024–2034; employment change +6.1%.
Observed/proxy demand
0
FY2025 certified LCAs; 74,565 postings in 2025.

Skill evidence

Active ListeningSpeakingService OrientationService OrientationActive Listening

Transition context

  • H-1B values are certified Labor Condition Applications, not visa approvals.
  • Job postings are seed-static / seed-derived; treat as provider-ready proxy coverage until observed provider data is wired in.
  • Transition matches are directional skill-overlap context, not placement guarantees.
  • This release is a FutureGrid broad-SOC seed derived from public BLS ORS requirement concepts and categories, not direct occupation-level ORS survey estimates. It describes job requirements, not worker ability, AI capability, or displacement probability. Automation friction is a FutureGrid derived score and should be read alongside exposure, demand, wage, and projection signals.

AI Exposure Analysis

AI Exposure0.0%
AI Resiliency100/100
Exposure BandLow
Sector Avg. Exposure0.9%

Across AI measures

Multiple exposure lenses for this occupation.

20.4%
Consensus
Actual adoption · Anthropic0%
AI capability · OpenAI9.7%
AI ability · AIOE51.5%
Automation baseline (2013) · Frey & Osborne94%

Top Skills

1.Active Listening
2.Speaking
3.Service Orientation
4.Service Orientation
5.Active Listening

H-1B Visa Sponsorship Demand

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Certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications naming this occupation, FY2016–FY2025. A descriptive high-skill labor-demand signal — employer filings, not visa approvals or individual outcomes. Note: one LCA can cover multiple worker positions.

7
Decade Total (Certified LCAs)
0
FY2025 Volume
0% of all H-1B filings in FY2025
$0
Median Offered Wage (Latest Year)
#497 of 776
Rank by Total Volume
H-1B filing volume, FY2016–FY2025

O*NET occupation profile

What this work involves

Perform duties such as taking orders and serving food and beverages. Serve customers at counter or from a steam table. May take payment. May prepare food and beverages.

Common titles: Cafe Server, Cafeteria Server, Cafeteria Worker, Counter Worker, Deli Worker (Delicatessen Worker), Dietary Aide

Representative Tasks

  • Accept payment from customers, and make change as necessary.
  • Serve customers in eating places that specialize in fast service and inexpensive carry-out food.
  • Request and record customer orders, and compute bills, using cash registers, multi-counting machines, or pencil and paper.
  • Balance receipts and payments in cash registers.
  • Communicate with customers regarding orders, comments, and complaints.

Detailed Work Activities

  • Serve food or beverages.
  • Process customer bills or payments.
  • Train food preparation or food service personnel.
  • Take customer orders.
  • Operate cash registers.

Tools & Technologies

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Employment Projections & AI Exposure

14
Occupations Shown
1.0%
Avg AI Exposure
9
Bright Outlook
Horizontal bar chart showing occupations with the highest projected annual openings. Each bar length represents annual projected openings. Color uses a gradient from violet (lower) to cyan (higher). Summary statistics are shown above the chart.

Employment & Wage Trend

BLS OEWS, 2019–2025


Occupation Employment & Wage TrendMulti-year BLS OEWS history for SOC 35-3023: 2019 — employment: 3,996,820, median wage: $22,740; 2020 — employment: 3,450,120, median wage: $23,860; 2021 — employment: 3,095,120, median wage: $25,100; 2022 — employment: 3,325,050, median wage: $27,930; 2023 — employment: 3,676,580, median wage: $29,540; 2025 — employment: 3,854,050, median wage: $31,200.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS). See /sources.

Sector Comparison

MetricThis CareerSector Average
AI Exposure0.0%0.9%
OutlookAverage60% Bright
Median Salary$31,200N/A
AI Resiliency100/100N/A