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Food
Chocolatier, confectioner
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Key facts
+6.5%jobs, 2025 to 2035
United StatesThis job is hiring in the United States; its exposure to AI is medium. AI exposure: very low according to the ILO, moderate according to the BLS. Employment change in the United States by 2035: +6.5% (BLS).
The job
Makes chocolates, sweets and confectionery, often by hand.
22 job titles linked to this page
Titles from the European ESCO classification. They are also used for search.
- baker
- bakery employee
- bakery specialist
- bread baker
- cake maker
- cakes and sweets maker
- chocolate goods maker
- chocolate maker
- chocolate producer
- chocolatier
- confectionary products worker
- confectionary worker
- confectioner
- pasta goods maker
- pasta maker
- pasta making operative
- pasta producer
- pasta products maker
- pastry cook
- pastry maker
- pastry production operator
- pastry production worker
Training
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Gauges
Risk 2/5 · Low
AI exposureMediumBLS AI exposure category "moderate" (2026), higher than the ILO 2025 index (very low)
Employment outlookStrong growthBLS, 2025-2035 projections (Food batchmakers)
Hiring difficultyNot availableNo US indicator measures hiring difficulty job by job
PayLowBLS, 2025 median annual wage: $42,290
EntryQuickBLS, typical education needed for entry
No US indicator measures hiring difficulty job by job: this gauge stays empty. How countries are compared
Sources
- AI exposure categories and employment projections, 2025-2035 (XLSX file)Bureau of Labor Statistics, United States · August 2026 · official statistics
- Generative AI and Jobs: a refined global index of occupational exposureInternational Labour Organization and NASK · May 2025 · large survey
- Jobs in 2030: projections by occupational family (summary table)Dares and France Stratégie · March 2022 · official statistics
- EURES report on labour shortages and surpluses 2025, annexEuropean Labour Authority · June 2026 · official statistics
Checked on 27 October 2026.