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Food Services And Drinking Places
OJT for Food Services and Drinking Places: NAICS 722
The Food Services and Drinking Places subsector is part of the Accommodation and Food Services sector.
The Food Services and Drinking Places subsector includes the following industries:
- Special Food Services
- Drinking Places (Alcoholic Beverages)
- Restaurants and Other Eating Places
Subsector Context
The following chart breaks down the parent sector into its subsectors. It shows the percentage of people that these subsectors employ, relative to the entire sector, and the projected growth of these subsectors through 2026.
Largest Occupations
The following table shows the top 10 projected occupations, in size, for this subsector through 2026. It also shows the educational requirements and OJT requirements for these top-sized occupations. The OJT.com training directory provides a listing of the state-by-state training providers that can fulfill your on-the-job training requirements.
Largest Occupations in Subsector, Projected for 2026
| Occupation | 2026 Projected Employment (in thousands) | 2026 Projected Percent of Subsector | Percent Employment Change (2016-2026) | Education Requirements | OJT Requirements |
| Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food | 3,470.9 | 27.7 | 18.5 | No formal educational credential | Short-term on-the-job training |
| Waiters and waitresses | 2,421.8 | 19.3 | 7.1 | No formal educational credential | Short-term on-the-job training |
| Cooks, restaurant | 1,228.6 | 9.8 | 12.5 | No formal educational credential | Moderate-term on-the-job training |
| First-line supervisors of food preparation and serving workers | 801.6 | 6.4 | 10.3 | High school diploma or equivalent | None |
| Food preparation workers | 521.2 | 4.2 | 8.2 | No formal educational credential | Short-term on-the-job training |
| Cooks, fast food | 471.6 | 3.8 | -5.6 | No formal educational credential | Short-term on-the-job training |
| Bartenders | 470.5 | 3.8 | 1.9 | No formal educational credential | Short-term on-the-job training |
| Dishwashers | 431.8 | 3.5 | 3.5 | No formal educational credential | Short-term on-the-job training |
| Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop | 400.5 | 3.2 | 7.0 | No formal educational credential | None |
| Cashiers | 358.0 | 2.9 | 3.1 | No formal educational credential | Short-term on-the-job training |
Growth Occupations
The following table shows the top 10 projected occupations, in growth, for this subsector through 2026. It also shows the educational requirements and OJT requirements for these top-growth occupations. The OJT.com training directory provides a listing of the state-by-state training providers that can fulfill your on-the-job training requirements.
Highest Growth Occupations in Subsector, Projected thru 2026
| Occupation | 2026 Projected Employment (in thousands) | 2026 Projected Percent of Subsector | Percent Employment Change (2016-2026) | Education Requirements | OJT Requirements |
| Cooks, institution and cafeteria | 78.6 | 0.6 | 27.8 | No formal educational credential | Short-term on-the-job training |
| Financial managers | 1.2 | 0.0 | 20.7 | Bachelor’s degree | None |
| Market research analysts and marketing specialists | 2.6 | 0.0 | 19.0 | Bachelor’s degree | None |
| Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food | 3,470.9 | 27.7 | 18.5 | No formal educational credential | Short-term on-the-job training |
| Training and development managers | 0.2 | 0.0 | 13.0 | Bachelor’s degree | None |
| Couriers and messengers | 0.1 | 0.0 | 13.0 | High school diploma or equivalent | Short-term on-the-job training |
| Cooks, restaurant | 1,228.6 | 9.8 | 12.5 | No formal educational credential | Moderate-term on-the-job training |
| Food servers, nonrestaurant | 69.7 | 0.6 | 12.3 | No formal educational credential | Short-term on-the-job training |
| Food cooking machine operators and tenders | 5.0 | 0.0 | 12.3 | High school diploma or equivalent | Moderate-term on-the-job training |
| First-line supervisors of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators | 0.7 | 0.0 | 12.3 | High school diploma or equivalent | None |
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