AI exposure by occupation, O*NET 35-9011.00
Will AI replace Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers?
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers: AI can already handle 1 of 23 tasks; most of the work is hands-on, and the part AI can address mostly needs a frontier-tier model.
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Every task, scored
The 23 tasks O*NET 30.3 lists for Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers, from most to least exposed. 1 reach 60 or more, the level at which AI already handles a task.
| Task | AI exposure | Evidence | Model tier |
|---|---|---|---|
| Locate items requested by customers. | Observed | Frontier | |
| Maintain adequate supplies of items, such as clean linens, silverware, glassware, dishes, or trays. | Estimated | Standard | |
| Serve ice water, coffee, rolls, or butter to patrons. | Estimated | No tier | |
| Run cash registers. | Estimated | No tier | |
| Set tables with clean linens, condiments, or other supplies. | Estimated | No tier | |
| Greet and seat customers. | Estimated | No tier | |
| Clean up spilled food or drink or broken dishes and remove empty bottles and trash. | Estimated | No tier | |
| Fill beverage or ice dispensers. | Estimated | No tier | |
| Perform serving, cleaning, or stocking duties in establishments, such as cafeterias or dining rooms, to facilitate customer service. | Estimated | No tier | |
| Replenish supplies of food or equipment at steam tables or service bars. | Estimated | No tier | |
| Wash glasses or other serving equipment at bars. | Estimated | No tier | |
| Stock cabinets or serving areas with condiments and refill condiment containers. | Estimated | No tier | |
| Mix and prepare flavors for mixed drinks. | Estimated | No tier | |
| Stock refrigerating units with wines or bottled beer or replace empty beer kegs. | Estimated | No tier | |
| Wipe tables or seats with dampened cloths or replace dirty tablecloths. | Estimated | No tier | |
| Serve food to customers when waiters or waitresses need assistance. | Estimated | No tier | |
| Carry linens to or from laundry areas. | Estimated | No tier | |
| Garnish foods and position them on tables to make them visible and accessible. | Estimated | No tier | |
| Clean and polish counters, shelves, walls, furniture, or equipment in food service areas or other areas of restaurants and mop or vacuum floors. | Estimated | No tier | |
| Slice and pit fruit used to garnish drinks. | Estimated | No tier | |
| Scrape and stack dirty dishes and carry dishes and other tableware to kitchens for cleaning. | Estimated | No tier | |
| Carry food, dishes, trays, or silverware from kitchens or supply departments to serving counters. | Estimated | No tier | |
| Carry trays from food counters to tables for cafeteria patrons. | Estimated | No tier |
Observed: scored from AI use recorded in the Anthropic Economic Index (June 2026 release), 1 of 23 tasks. Estimated: scored from the task's O*NET 30.3 work activity, 22 of 23. Importance is O*NET's 1 to 5 rating of how central the task is. Model tier is the lowest tier that can do the task under the published rubric; "No tier" marks hands-on work.
The model tier this role needs
A frontier-tier model or lower covers 9% of the role's importance-weighted task work. 9% of the work is something AI can address at some tier, and 91% is hands-on.
Efficient, standard and frontier tiers come from the JobRoute model tier reference. The recommended tier is the lowest one that covers 80% of the work AI can address. How the method works.
Wages, employment and outlook
- US employment
- 542,750
- Median annual wage
- $33,980
- Middle half of earners
- $28,330 to $37,250
- Projected change, 2024 to 2034
- +6.3%
Employment and wages: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025, national. Projection: BLS Employment Projections 2024 to 2034.
Adjacent roles
The occupations that reuse the most of this role's skills, with the usual time to move. These are the first places to look when you plan to redeploy or retrain people in this role.
- Waiters and Waitresses 73% skill overlap, about 10 months to move Exposure20
- Bartenders 73% skill overlap, about 10 months to move Exposure28
- Fast Food and Counter Workers 69% skill overlap, about 11 months to move Exposure17
- Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop 68% skill overlap, about 11 months to move Exposure23
- Food Servers, Nonrestaurant 68% skill overlap, about 12 months to move Exposure14
Skill overlap and transition time from the JobRoute role adjacency graph on O*NET 30.3 skills.
Questions about Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers and AI
Will AI replace Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers?
AI already handles 1 of the 23 tasks O*NET lists for this occupation, at a task exposure of 60 or more, and the role's importance-weighted exposure is 16 out of 100. JobRoute scores tasks, not whole jobs, so the score shows how much of the work changes rather than whether the job disappears. BLS projects employment to change by +6.3% from 2024 to 2034.
What is the AI exposure of Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers?
16 out of 100 on JobRoute's task exposure measure, the importance-weighted average of the role's O*NET task scores. Higher means more of the work is AI-doable today. 1 of the 23 task scores are observed in the Anthropic Economic Index (June 2026 release), and the other 22 are estimated from each task's O*NET work activity.
Which Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers tasks can AI already do?
The tasks with the highest exposure are: Locate items requested by customers. It is the only task that reach 60 or more.
What AI model tier does this role need?
A frontier-tier model or lower covers 9% of the role's importance-weighted task work, and 91% is hands-on work that no model tier covers. JobRoute assigns each task the lowest tier that can do it under a published rubric and recommends the lowest tier that covers 80% of the work AI can address.
How many people work as Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers, and what do they earn?
542,750 people in the United States, with a median annual wage of $33,980 (BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025). BLS Employment Projections expect a change of +6.3% from 2024 to 2034.
How to cite
Data version 2026-11-02, JobRoute method v1.0.0. Download all occupations or this occupation as JSON. Methodology.
JobRoute (2026). AI exposure: Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers. Data version 2026-11-02, method v1.0.0. Built on O*NET 30.3, BLS OEWS May 2025 and the Anthropic Economic Index (June 2026). CC BY 4.0. https://www.jobroute.ai/jobs/dining-room-and-cafeteria-attendants-and-bartender-helpers
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