Cooks, Private Household
Prepare meals in private homes. Includes personal chefs.
1,100 people do this job in the US. $47,940 a year.
of the working time. Estimate.
- 6%
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- 94%
Measured, from Anthropic's usage data (2025). Counts help on part of a task.
On the chosen pace and reliability. Estimate.
Share of the working time within reach, now to 2030
What each choice means: , , , , . Every pace starts from .
At this date and pace, models finish tasks up to 4.4 h long four times in five.
How far this has come
With GPT-4, measured in March 2023, 0% of this job's working time was within reach at . With Claude 3.7 Sonnet, measured in February 2025, 0%. With Claude Mythos Preview (early), measured in April 2026, 5%. Today's estimate: 6%.
A backcast: today's task data with the best model METR had measured by each date. It shows how fast the models have moved, not what anyone forecast at the time.
The tasks
Sorted by . 13 tasks from .
| Task | Kind | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Direct the operation and organization of kitchens and all food-related activities, including the presentation and serving of food.Done more than weekly by most who do it. | 21% | 2.5 h50 min to 5 h | Stays with people | |
| Prepare meals in private homes according to employers' recipes or tastes, handling all meals for the family and possibly for other household staff.Done daily by most who do it. | 14% | 3.3 h1.7 h to 6.7 h | Stays with people | |
| Peel, wash, trim, and cook vegetables and meats, and bake breads and pastries.Done daily by most who do it. | 13% | 1.3 h38 min to 2.5 h | Stays with people | |
| Stock, organize, and clean kitchens and cooking utensils.Done daily by most who do it. | 11% | 1.7 h38 min to 2.5 h | Stays with people | |
| Cool, package, label, and freeze foods for later consumption and provide instructions for reheating.Done daily by most who do it. | 7% | 50 min25 min to 1.7 h | Stays with people | |
| Specialize in preparing fancy dishes or food for special diets.Done more than weekly by most who do it. | 7% | 2.5 h1.3 h to 4.2 h | Stays with people | |
| Shop for or order food and kitchen supplies and equipment.Done daily by most who do it. | 6% | 1.3 h38 min to 2.5 h | Stays with people | |
| Create and explore new cuisines.Done more than monthly by most who do it. | 5% | 3.3 h1.7 h to 6.7 h | Stays with people | |
| Plan menus according to employers' needs and diet restrictions.Done more than weekly by most who do it. | 4% | 1.3 h25 min to 2.5 h | 87%Half by now | |
| Plan and prepare food for parties, holiday meals, luncheons, special functions, and other social events.Done more than yearly by most who do it. | 3% | 6.7 h2.5 h to 2.1 work days | Stays with people | |
| Travel with employers to vacation homes to provide meal preparation at those locations.Done yearly or less by most who do it. | 3% | 1.3 work days3.3 h to 4.2 work days | Stays with people | |
| Keep records pertaining to menus, finances, and other business-related issues.Done more than weekly by most who do it. | 3% | 38 min17 min to 1.3 h | 100%Half by now |
Within reach, per task: the share of the task's time whose instances are short enough for a model to finish at the chosen date, pace and reliability. Half by: the date half of that time comes within reach.
Jobs that share skills with this one
From O*NET's related occupations. Within reach now and by the end of 2028, long-run pace, four in five.
Where this job works
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