← Risk register Form CI-S · reviewed 2026-08-11

Food & AI

17 occupations · 13,680,760 US workers · $481.0B in annual wages

How this sector scores

Food averages 49/100 across its occupations, or 46/100 weighted by how many people actually work each one. No sector is uniformly anything — the spread below is the point.

COOKED 0 · EXPOSED 14 · SAFE 3

Most protected
Bartenders 68

Most exposed
Fast Food and Counter Workers 34

Occupation Verdict Resistance Where it holdsT·E·L·R·J Workers
Fast Food and Counter Workers EXPOSED 34/100 T E L R J 3,854,050
Waiters and Waitresses EXPOSED 49/100 T E L R J 2,270,910
Cooks, Restaurant EXPOSED 57/100 T E L R J 1,409,890
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers EXPOSED 62/100 T E L R J 1,223,240
Food Preparation Workers EXPOSED 41/100 T E L R J 893,600
Bartenders SAFE 68/100 T E L R J 756,390
Cooks, Fast Food EXPOSED 35/100 T E L R J 641,070
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers EXPOSED 41/100 T E L R J 542,750
Dishwashers EXPOSED 38/100 T E L R J 477,450
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria EXPOSED 50/100 T E L R J 441,050
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop EXPOSED 37/100 T E L R J 432,690
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant EXPOSED 47/100 T E L R J 293,900
Chefs and Head Cooks SAFE 68/100 T E L R J 200,040
Cooks, Short Order EXPOSED 47/100 T E L R J 138,650
Food Preparation and Serving Related Workers, All Other EXPOSED 40/100 T E L R J 84,630
Cooks, All Other EXPOSED 48/100 T E L R J 19,350
Cooks, Private Household SAFE 67/100 T E L R J 1,100

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