Fast Food and Counter Workers
SOC Code: 35-3023
Fast Food and Counter Workerss accept payment from customers, and make change as necessary. This career typically requires moderate-term on-the-job training (months to 1 year). With an AI-proof score of 80.5/100, this role has high resilience to automation. Key skills include Active Listening, Speaking, Service Orientation.
AI-Proof Score: 80.5 — Very High
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Median Salary
$30,480
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Job Growth
6.1%
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Training Time
Moderate-term on-the-job training (months to 1 year)
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Job Zone
Zone 2 / 5
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Training Cost
~$5,000
Key Skills
- •Active Listening
- •Speaking
- •Service Orientation
- •Social Perceptiveness
- •Coordination
- •Reading Comprehension
- •Monitoring
Common Tasks
- ✓Accept payment from customers, and make change as necessary.
- ✓Serve customers in eating places that specialize in fast service and inexpensive carry-out food.
- ✓Request and record customer orders, and compute bills, using cash registers, multi-counting machines, or pencil and paper.
- ✓Balance receipts and payments in cash registers.
- ✓Communicate with customers regarding orders, comments, and complaints.
Training & Resources
Why AI-Proof?
- ✅Requires hands-on physical presence and dexterity
- ✅Demands human empathy, judgment, and trust
- ✅Operates in unpredictable, variable environments
- ✅Social and regulatory barriers to full automation