Do researchers agree on the risk for Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers?

Broadly, yes. Individual estimates for Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers run from 5 to 14 out of 100 across the 5 sources behind this score, a fairly tight range. More recent and higher confidence studies carry more weight in the final number.

Which hospitality roles face similar AI exposure?

The closest published hospitality roles to Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers by score are Dishwashers (17/100), Bartenders (21/100), and Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria (21/100). Each has its own page with the research behind its number.

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Will AI replace Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers?

Lower risk

Baseline AI displacement risk for Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers, aggregated from 5 research sources.

What this score means

Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers is among the least exposed roles in Hospitality. Most of what the job involves still sits outside what current AI can do, even as the tools around it keep changing. At 9 out of 100 it scores 15 points below the Hospitality average of 24. Across the 5 sources behind this baseline, individual estimates run from 5 to 14, so the score is a weighted consensus rather than any single figure.

The number is a consensus estimate for the typical version of the role, built from published academic and industry research scored occupation by occupation. It is not a prediction about any individual. How scoring works

What this job actually involves

Exposure follows the work itself rather than the job title, so it is worth seeing what the role is made of. These are the tasks O*NET records for Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers, most central first, showing 12 of 23.

01Run cash registers.
02Serve ice water, coffee, rolls, or butter to patrons.
03Scrape and stack dirty dishes and carry dishes and other tableware to kitchens for cleaning.
04Wipe tables or seats with dampened cloths or replace dirty tablecloths.
05Set tables with clean linens, condiments, or other supplies.
06Greet and seat customers.
07Clean up spilled food or drink or broken dishes and remove empty bottles and trash.
08Maintain adequate supplies of items, such as clean linens, silverware, glassware, dishes, or trays.
09Locate items requested by customers.
10Fill beverage or ice dispensers.
11Carry food, dishes, trays, or silverware from kitchens or supply departments to serving counters.
12Perform serving, cleaning, or stocking duties in establishments, such as cafeterias or dining rooms, to facilitate customer service.

Task statements from O*NET by the National Center for O*NET Development, used under CC BY 4.0. The tasks are descriptive; the exposure score above is ours.

The research behind this score

This baseline aggregates 5 research sources that scored Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers for AI and automation exposure. More recent, higher confidence studies carry more weight in the final number.

01Anthropic Economic Index 2026 - AI Task Exposure · 2026Anthropic
02Global Automation Atlas: Task Substitution Exposure by Occupation · 2026Garg, Crosta, Baier (2026), arXiv:2605.17086
03Working with AI: Measuring the Applicability of Generative AI to Occupations · 2025Tomlinson, Jaffe et al., Microsoft Research (2025)
04GPTs are GPTs: Labor Market Impact Potential of LLMs · 2024Eloundou, Manning, Mishkin, Rock (Science, 2024)
05AI Occupational Exposure to Language Modeling · 2023Felten, Raj, Seamans (2023)

Common questions

How likely is AI to replace Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers?: Published research puts Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers at 9 out of 100 for AI displacement risk, in the lower risk band. The number is a weighted consensus of 5 research sources and describes the typical version of the role, not any individual.
Do researchers agree on the risk for Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers?: Broadly, yes. Individual estimates for Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers run from 5 to 14 out of 100 across the 5 sources behind this score, a fairly tight range. More recent and higher confidence studies carry more weight in the final number.
Which hospitality roles face similar AI exposure?: The closest published hospitality roles to Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers by score are Dishwashers (17/100), Bartenders (21/100), and Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria (21/100). Each has its own page with the research behind its number.

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