Can AI Replace Cooks, Private Household in 2026?

Lower exposure. AI could handle about 28% of today's cooks, private household tasks by 2036, and there is a 11% chance the number of jobs falls by a fifth or more. AI mostly assists people in this role.

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Timeline

Year2030

Tasks AI can do

17%

Headcount (2025 = 100)

Chance of 20%+ fewer jobs

9% 2030 · 11% 2036

One person could cover, 2036

~1 roles

Share of today's tasks AI can perform

Headcount index, 2025 = 100 (dashed line)

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Try an AI tool on one task you'd normally do by hand: "Keep records pertaining to menus, finances, and other business-related issues".Learn one AI tool well enough to show it in an interview, for: "Shop for or order food and kitchen supplies and equipment".Get visibly better at your human core: "Stock, organize, and clean kitchens and cooking utensils".Rewrite the top of your CV around judgment, people and decisions, not routine output.

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Based on 13 O*NET tasks for "Cooks, Private Household" (SOC 35-2013.00). LLM alone: 16% of tasks; with AI tools: 32%. Projections are a model, not official statistics. How we calculate this · Data version 2026-10