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 |
| Northwest Balance of State | 780 | 254 | $8.53/hr | $0.24/hr | $7.70/hr | $8.06/hr | $8.62/hr | $9.20/hr | $9.71/hr |
| Minnesota | 12,130 | 1,674 | $9.02/hr | $0.17/hr | $7.75/hr | $8.16/hr | $8.84/hr | $9.53/hr | $11.53/hr |
| U S | 434,220 | 7,816 | $9.45/hr | $0.04/hr | $7.89/hr | $8.38/hr | $9.03/hr | $9.98/hr | $12.17/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 | 4,670 | $8.62/hr | N/A |
| Food Servers, Nonrestaurant | 590 | $10.47/hr | N/A |
| Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks | 570 | $9.29/hr | N/A |
| Cooks, Short Order | 360 | $8.80/hr | N/A |
| Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers | 340 | $8.85/hr | N/A |
| Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers | N/A | $8.45/hr | N/A |
| Baggage Porters and Bellhops | N/A | $8.76/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.