Retail
Fast food counter attendant
Key facts
Employment in this job is holding up or growing in the United States, but it is highly exposed to AI. AI exposure: very low according to the ILO, high according to the BLS. Employment change in the United States by 2035: +5.6% (BLS). Working well with AI is becoming an asset.
The job
Food service counter attendants (ISCO 5246). Food service counter attendants serve customers at food counters and finish preparation of simple food items in restaurants, cafés, hotels, fast food outlets, cafeterias, hospitals and other settings.
Page built from official classifications (ILO, ESCO); figures cover all the jobs grouped here.
14 job titles linked to this page
Titles from the European ESCO classification. They are also used for search.
- airline catering assistant
- airline catering worker
- airline food kitchen worker
- airline food preparer
- airline food service worker
- fast food shift team leader
- fast food team leader
- fast service shift team leader
- fast service team leader
- food production assistant
- food services worker
- kitchen assistant
- quick service restaurant team leader
- worker in airline food services
Training
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Gauges
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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
- ESCO, European classification of skills, competences, qualifications and occupations (job titles and O*NET crosswalk)European Commission · version 1.2 · official statistics
- Jobs in 2030: projections by occupational family (summary table)Dares and France Stratégie · March 2022 · official statistics
- Labour needs survey (BMO) 2026France Travail · 2026 · large survey
- EURES report on labour shortages and surpluses 2025, annexEuropean Labour Authority · June 2026 · official statistics
Checked on 27 October 2026.