Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations · SOC 35-9021
Dishwashers
little overlap 2023 task rating
What this means. The source ratings found no measurable task overlap. This is a rating floor, not a guarantee that the work will stay unchanged.
What it does not mean. This is not the chance of losing your job, a measure of current AI use, or a test of today's tools.
Work and pay in Colorado
About 8,500 Coloradans work in this occupation. These statewide BLS figures describe the occupation, not the number of jobs at risk.
- Colorado employment
- 8,500 published OEWS estimate, 2025
- Colorado median wage
- $37,840 annual, 2025
Technical detail: score, comparison and sources
A score summarizes task ratings on a 0–100 scale. A percentile compares occupations with each other. Neither is a probability of job loss.
- Exposure score
- Below measurable rating floor; exact value in downloads
- Percentile
- 0 higher rated overlap than 0% of occupations
Where it sits among occupations
This occupation’s score comes from published human task ratings (Eloundou and colleagues, 2023). Employment and wages are BLS OEWS Colorado estimates for 2025; no county imputation is used for those figures.
Similar occupations in this group
- Fast Food and Counter Workers little overlap 82,010 CO jobs
- Waiters and Waitresses little overlap 40,680 CO jobs
- Cooks, Restaurant little overlap 30,600 CO jobs
- First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers little overlap 25,510 CO jobs
The largest other occupations (by published Colorado employment) in Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations — all 17 are on the group page.
Cite this page
Colorado AI Exposure Atlas
Martin, Christopher. “AI Exposure of Dishwashers.” Colorado AI Exposure Atlas, 2026 edition. https://coloradoaiexposureatlas.com/occupation/dishwashers/.
2026 Edition · Employment data 2025 · Compiled by Christopher Martin