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2020 - 2030 Connecticut Employment Projections for Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations
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Click for a list of related Food Preparation and Serving Related OccupationsFood Preparation and Serving Related Occupations108,444141,72433,28030.79,33812,6843,32825,350$15.04 $31,278
Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers8,47911,3362,85733.7%4161,0032861,705
Chefs and Head Cooks job descriptionChefs and Head CooksTop Occupation by Growth1,4602,01355337.9%5217055277$25.36 $52,748High School
5+ years
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First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers job descriptionFirst-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving WorkersTop Occupation by Growth and Openings7,0199,3232,30432.8%3658332301,428$22.41 $46,597High School
< 5 years
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Cooks and Food Preparation Workers32,52842,0589,53029.3%2,4573,2779536,687
Cooks, Fast Food job descriptionCooks, Fast FoodTop Occupation by Openings6,6707,38971910.8%414602721,088$14.70 $30,574None
Short-term
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Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria job descriptionCooks, Institution and Cafeteria2,6923,16347117.5%17225147470$19.64 $40,841None
Short-term
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Cooks, Restaurant job descriptionCooks, RestaurantTop Occupation by Growth and Openings9,28915,4076,11865.9%7271,0576122,396$18.49 $38,453None
< 5 years
Moderate
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Cooks, Short Order job descriptionCooks, Short OrderTop Occupation by Growth9721,19822623.3%649323180$16.40 $34,092None
Short-term
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Food Preparation Workers job descriptionFood Preparation WorkersTop Occupation by Openings12,33114,2661,93515.7%1,0441,2231942,461$15.15 $31,523None
Short-term
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Food and Beverage Serving Workers56,65373,83417,18130.3%5,3327,2421,71814,292
Bartenders job descriptionBartendersTop Occupation by Growth and Openings4,8976,9392,04241.7%2687172041,189$14.63 $30,415None
Short-term
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Fast Food and Counter Workers job descriptionFast Food and Counter WorkersTop Occupation by Growth and Openings25,35232,9227,57029.9%2,8253,0807576,662$14.64 $30,436None
Short-term
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Waiters and Waitresses job descriptionWaiters and WaitressesTop Occupation by Growth and Openings22,58430,0727,48833.2%1,9333,1447495,826$14.64 $30,447None
Short-term
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Food Servers, Nonrestaurant job descriptionFood Servers, NonrestaurantTop Occupation by Openings3,8203,901812.1%3063018615$15.46 $32,152None
Short-term
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Other Food Preparation and Serving Related Workers10,78414,4963,71234.4%1,1331,1623712,666
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers job descriptionDining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender HelpersTop Occupation by Growth and Openings2,8303,82099035.0%28728899674$14.86 $30,916None
Short-term
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Dishwashers job descriptionDishwashersTop Occupation by Growth and Openings4,8186,3811,56332.4%4214681561,045$14.75 $30,692None
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Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop job descriptionHosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee ShopTop Occupation by Growth and Openings2,7183,7871,06939.3%385366107858$14.96 $31,108None
Short-term
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Food Preparation and Serving Related Workers, All Other job descriptionFood Preparation and Serving Related Workers, All OtherTop Occupation by Growth4185089021.5%4040989$16.17 $33,634None
Short-term
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