DETAILED OCCUPATION DATA
35-3022 Counter Attendants, Cafeteria, Food Concession, and Coffee Shop
Occupational Description:
Serve food to diners at counter or from a steam table. Counter attendants who also wait tables are included in "Waiters and Waitresses" (35-3031).| Percentiles | |||||||||
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| Geography | Employment | Emp SE* | Mean | Mean SE* | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
| EDR 8 - Southwest | 170 | 18 | $9.31/hr | $0.72/hr | $7.76/hr | $8.29/hr | $9.16/hr | $10.70/hr | $11.62/hr |
| Minnesota | 10,500 | 1,292 | $9.00/hr | $0.14/hr | $7.74/hr | $8.14/hr | $8.82/hr | $9.50/hr | $11.40/hr |
| U S | 441,830 | 8,395 | $9.51/hr | $0.04/hr | $7.87/hr | $8.40/hr | $9.06/hr | $9.99/hr | $12.21/hr |
| *SE = Standard error, a measure of the statistical reliability of the estimate. | |||||||||
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| Occupation (click title for details) | OES | Projections | |
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| Employment | Median Wage | % Change - | |
| Combined Food Preparation and Serving Workers, Including Fast Food | 930 | $8.66/hr | N/A |
| Food Servers, Nonrestaurant | 270 | $10.56/hr | N/A |
| Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers | 120 | $8.83/hr | N/A |
| Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks | 110 | $8.79/hr | N/A |
| Cooks, Fast Food | 90 | $8.73/hr | N/A |
| Cooks, Short Order | 50 | $9.76/hr | N/A |
Tasks for Counter Attendants, Cafeteria, Food Concession, and Coffee Shop
- Serves food, beverages, or desserts to customers in variety of settings, such as take out counter of restaurant or lunchroom.
- Calls order to kitchen and picks up and serves order when it is ready.
- Replenishes foods at serving stations.
- Brews coffee and tea and fills containers with requested beverages.
- Accepts payment for food, using cash register or adding machine to total check.
- Carves meat.
- Scrubs and polishes counters, steamtables, and other equipment, and cleans glasses, dishes, and fountain equipment and polishes metalwork on fountain.
- Adds relishes and garnishes according to instructions.
- Orders items to replace stocks.
- Prepares sandwiches, salads, and other shortorder items.
- Wraps menu items, such as sandwiches, hot entrees, and desserts.
- Serves sandwiches, salads, beverages, desserts, and candies to employees in industrial establishment.
- Writes items ordered on tickets, totals orders, passes orders to cook, and gives ticket stubs to customers to identify filled orders.
- Serves salads, vegetables, meat, breads, and cocktails, ladles soups and sauces, portions desserts, and fills beverage cups and glasses.
- Prepares and serves soft drinks and ice cream dishes, such as sundaes, using memorized formulas and methods of following directions.