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JOB REPORT / 35-3041 · 14 TASKS

Food Servers, Nonrestaurant.

Can AI do the work of Food Servers, Nonrestaurants?

Mostly it works alongside you. Here is what shifts, task by task.

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The parts of your job AI can already do most of:

  • Record amounts and types of special food items served…

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WHAT WE LOOKED AT

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3 of 14 tasks reviewed

This job has 14 core tasks. We went through 3 of them, one at a time.

Task by task, from the work Food Servers, Nonrestaurants actually do. How we describe AI use in each task is our own read of it, not a measurement of whether AI can replace the job.

  1. TASK 01

    Record amounts and types of special food items served to customers.

    AI DOES

    Auto-fills common menu items, suggests entries, and flags missing info in digital logs

    YOU DO

    Be present with the customer to accurately observe and confirm what was actually served

  2. TASK 02SOURCE-BACKED TASK

    Take food orders and relay orders to kitchens or serving counters so they can be filled.

    AI DOES

    Takes orders through apps and digital kiosks

    YOU DO

    Handle special requests and difficult customers

    About this analysis

    36% · Methodology: exposure-v1 · Analysis date: unavailable · Confidence: medium

  3. TASK 03

    Total checks, present them to customers, and accept payment for services.

    AI DOES

    Auto-calculates totals and processes digital payments in POS systems

    YOU DO

    Handle the face-to-face exchange, read the customer's mood, and manage cash or disputes on the spot

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This page includes information from the O*NET 30.3 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA). Used under the CC BY 4.0 license. rtwoai has modified all or some of this information. USDOL/ETA has not approved, endorsed, or tested these modifications. O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA.

Wage and employment figures are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (2025). Job outlook is from the BLS Employment Projections program, 2024–34. BLS data are in the public domain. BLS has not reviewed or endorsed this page.

Task collaboration data is from the Anthropic Economic Index, release 2025-03-27, used under the CC BY 4.0 license. Anthropic has not reviewed or endorsed this page.

How we describe AI use in each task is our own characterization, not a measurement of whether AI can replace this job. Microsoft note that their metrics "should not be misconstrued or misrepresented as measuring the ability of AI to replace jobs," and that there is more to an occupation than the sum of its tasks.