Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria Career

The role of Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria is to prepare and cook large quantities of food for institutions, such as schools, hospitals, or cafeterias..

The average annual wage of the occupations is $35,920 and $17 per hour. 4 vocational programs could be taken for the Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria career. Based on BLS data, a total of 435,640 employees were employed in the Occupation.

The 2024 average tuition over the programs for preparing Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria is $11,616. The average length of the programs is 607 hours and the average completion time is 8.06 months.

Vocational Programs to Prepare Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria Career

2024 Average Tuition and Time for Preparing Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria
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
Food Preparation/Professional Cooking/Kitchen Assistant	73	$11,462	$598	900 Hours	6.00 Months
Institutional Food Workers	28	$66,014	-	-	-
Foodservice Systems Administration/Management	31	$29,176	-	-	-

Related Occupations to Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria Career

The following 19 occupations are related to Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria.

Related Occupations toCooks, Institution and Cafeteria
Occupation	Total Employees	Annual Wages	Hourly Rate
Food Service Managers	246K	$69,580	$33
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, 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
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
Bakers	220K	$35,550	$17
Butchers and Meat Cutters	136K	$39,680	$19
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, Institution and Cafeteria Career

436K

$17.27

$35,920

Vocational Programs to Prepare Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria Career

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