AI Career Radar

Chefs and Head Cooks

Direct and may participate in the preparation, seasoning, and cooking of salads, soups, fish, meats, vegetables, desserts, or other foods. May plan and price menu items, order supplies, and keep records and accounts.

AI exposure39 / 100Moderate exposure

Based on O*NET work context for this occupation. This score does not predict individual job losses.

What drives the score

Automation and repetition raise exposure; freedom to set tasks lowers it. Each measure uses a 0–100 scale.

Degree of automation20
Freedom to set tasks66
Repeating the same tasks70
$62,470Median annual wage, U.S.BLS OEWS
+6.6%Jobs, 2025 to 2035 (faster than average)BLS Employment Projections
71Skill durability (moderate)Transferability, out of 100

How well your skills transfer

Each skill is scored on how well it transfers into occupations that are growing and less exposed. The ones high on both importance and transfer are worth deepening.

Highest transferability first

Both scores out of 100

Skills ranked by transferability. Both scores use a 0–100 scale.
SkillTransferabilityImportance in current role
Monitoring
63
75
Speaking
63
72
Critical Thinking
63
69
Active Listening
63
66
Judgment and Decision Making
63
66
Coordination
62
78
Active Learning
62
60
Complex Problem Solving
62
56
Time Management
61
72
Reading Comprehension
61
63
Show 25 more skills
Skills ranked by transferability. Both scores use a 0–100 scale.
SkillTransferabilityImportance in current role
Social Perceptiveness
60
72
Writing
60
53
Instructing
58
66
Learning Strategies
58
56
Systems Analysis
57
50
Service Orientation
56
69
Systems Evaluation
56
50
Persuasion
54
50
Mathematics
53
50
Negotiation
52
53
Science
52
19
Management of Personnel Resources
50
72
Operations Analysis
49
41
Installation
48
0
Quality Control Analysis
47
56
Management of Material Resources
47
56
Management of Financial Resources
47
53
Equipment Selection
47
28
Troubleshooting
47
28
Equipment Maintenance
47
25
Technology Design
47
16
Operations Monitoring
46
47
Repairing
46
25
Programming
45
13
Operation and Control
43
38

Compare how well you can use each skill in growing, low-exposure occupations with its importance in your current role. How we score skills.

Jobs you could move to

Compare related occupations by skill overlap, retraining effort, pay and projected growth. Choose a priority to adjust the ranking. Licensing requirements may limit some routes.

88/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$129,180
10-yr growth
+21%
Skill gap
7%
Retraining
Low

Skills to build: Complex Problem Solving, Reading Comprehension, Writing, Systems Analysis

88/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$135,880
10-yr growth
+21.1%
Skill gap
7%
Retraining
Low

Skills to build: Operations Monitoring, Reading Comprehension, Active Listening, Active Learning

86/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$123,860
10-yr growth
+24.2%
Skill gap
14%
Retraining
Low

Skills to build: Operations Analysis, Writing, Persuasion, Negotiation

85/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$96,590
10-yr growth
+13.9%
Skill gap
6%
Retraining
Low

Skills to build: Operation and Control, Active Listening, Operations Monitoring, Reading Comprehension

84/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$175,140
10-yr growth
+15.8%
Skill gap
10%
Retraining
Low

Skills to build: Writing, Systems Analysis, Systems Evaluation, Complex Problem Solving

A second source of income, before you need it

This page can tell you where Chefs and Head Cooks could go and what the move costs. The other route is not a move at all: something small of your own, running alongside the job, started while there is no pressure on it.

Where to learn the missing half: Google Career Certificates for systems analysis · active learning, LinkedIn Learning for writing · speaking, edX for mathematics · reading and PlanetNoCode for complex problem solving. Some of those are affiliate links. It never changes what we list.

Snapshot: O*NET 31.0, BLS OEWS May 2025, BLS Employment Projections 2025-2035. Scoring v2.1.0-onet-31.0. Method on the how it works page.