Cooks, Fast Food Career

The role of Cooks, Fast Food is to prepare and cook food in a fast food restaurant with a limited menu.

The average annual wage of the occupations is $29,760 and $14 per hour. 7 vocational programs could be taken for the Cooks, Fast Food career. Based on BLS data, a total of 673,490 employees were employed in the Occupation.

The 2024 average tuition over the programs for preparing Cooks, Fast Food 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, Fast Food Career

2024 Average Tuition and Time for Preparing Cooks, Fast Food
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, Fast Food Career

The following 19 occupations are related to Cooks, Fast Food.

Related Occupations toCooks, Fast Food
Occupation	Total Employees	Annual Wages	Hourly Rate
Food Service Managers	246K	$69,580	$33
Chefs and Head Cooks	172K	$62,640	$30
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
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
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, Fast Food Career

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Vocational Programs to Prepare Cooks, Fast Food Career

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