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Field of degree: Personal and culinary services

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Personal and culinary services field of degree. Employment: 81,710. Median annual wage: $50,000.

Table 1. Personal and culinary services degree, 2024.

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Table 1. Personal and culinary services degree, 2024
Data	Personal and culinary services	All fields
Employment	81,710	65,886,610
Median wage	50,000	73,000
Percent employed part time	17	15
Percent employed in occupations requiring at least a bachelor's degree	22	61
Percent with an advanced degree	13	39
Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

Chart 1. Type of personal and culinary services major, 2024.

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Chart 1. Type of personal and culinary services, 2024
Personal and culinary services major	Major share
Cosmetology Services And Culinary Arts	100
Note: The sum of percents by major may not total 100 due to rounding. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

Chart 2. Employment distribution of workers with a personal and culinary services degree, by occupational group, 2024.

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Chart 2. Employment distribution of workers with a personal and culinary services degree, by occupational group, 2024
Occupational group	Occupational group share
Food preparation and serving related occupations	24
Management occupations	17
Personal care and service occupations	10
Office and administrative support occupations	9
Sales and related occupations	6
Other	34
Note: The sum of percents by major may not total 100 due to rounding. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

Table 2. Top-employing occupations for workers with a personal and culinary services degree.

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Table 2. Top-employing occupations for workers with a personal and culinary services degree
Occupation	Percent degree holders in this field, this occupation, 2024	Percent of this occupation with an advanced degree, 2024	Percent growth, projected 2025–35	Typical entry-level education
Chefs and head cooks	13	2	7	High school diploma or equivalent
Food service managers	6	4	6	High school diploma or equivalent
Cooks, restaurant	5	1	12	No formal educational credential
Managers, all other	4	22	5	Bachelor's degree
Morticians, undertakers, and funeral arrangers	4	12	3	Associate's degree
First-line supervisors of food preparation and serving workers	2	2	5	High school diploma or equivalent
General and operations managers	2	13	5	Bachelor's degree
Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists	2	1	8	Postsecondary nondegree award
Secretaries and administrative assistants, except legal, medical, and executive	2	5	-6	High school diploma or equivalent
Waiters and waitresses	2	2	2	No formal educational credential
Note: Occupational profiles may comprise multiple SOC occupations, which may have differing education categories. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and U.S. Census Bureau.

Suggested citation:

Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Outlook Handbook, Field of degree: Personal and culinary services,
at https://www.bls.gov/ooh/field-of-degree/personal-and-culinary-services/personal-and-culinary-services.htm (visited October 29, 2026).

Last modified date: October 29, 2026