3.2Low RiskShortage
Bakers and Pastrycooks
Food Trades Workers · Food Trades Workers
AI exposure measures how much this occupation's tasks may change. It is not the probability that the job will disappear.
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Median Weekly Pay
$1,417
Full-time workers
Employment
34,200
Total workers
10yr Growth
+8.0%
Projected to 2035
Shortage Status
Shortage
Key Insight
Bakers and Pastrycooks is IN SHORTAGE and has LOW AI risk — a strong outlook for workers in this field.
JSA Official AI Exposure
Automation23.0%
Augmentation54.0%
Key Tasks
- •Checking the cleanliness of equipment and operation of premises before production runs to ensure compliance with occupational health and safety regulations
- •Checking the quality of raw materials and weighing ingredients
- •Kneading, maturing, cutting, moulding, mixing and shaping dough and pastry goods
- •Preparing pastry fillings
- •Monitoring oven temperatures and product appearance to determine baking times
- •Coordinating the forming, loading, baking, unloading, de-panning and cooling of batches of bread, rolls and pastry products
- •Glazing buns and pastries, and decorating cakes with cream and icing
- •Operating machines which roll and mould dough and cut biscuits
- •Emptying, cleaning and greasing baking trays, tins and other cooking equipment
Employment Projections to 2035
Median Age
37
Female Share
37.0%
Part-Time Share
26.0%
Skill Level
3 / 5