Cooks, Private Household

What Cooks, Private Household Do

Prepare meals in private homes. Includes personal chefs.

Career Outlook

National employment outlook, 2024–2034.

Related work experience

Less than 5 years

On-the-job training

None

Self-employed

86.9%

Source: BLS Employment Projections — 2024-2034.

Key Knowledge Areas

Subject-matter areas this occupation draws on most, per O*NET.

• Customer and Personal Serviceimportance 4.6/5
• Food Productionimportance 4.1/5
• Sales and Marketingimportance 3.7/5
• Administration and Managementimportance 3.1/5
• Production and Processingimportance 3.0/5
• Mathematicsimportance 3.0/5
• English Languageimportance 2.9/5
• Economics and Accountingimportance 2.6/5

Work Environment

What the day-to-day work setting is like, per O*NET.

• Spend Time Standing4.8/5
• Spend Time Using Your Hands to Handle, Control, or Feel Objects, Tools, or Controls4.6/5
• E-Mail4.4/5
• Time Pressure4.2/5
• Freedom to Make Decisions4.0/5
• Indoors, Environmentally Controlled4.0/5

Related Careers

• Cooks, Restaurant
• Chefs and Head Cooks
• Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria
• Food Preparation Workers
• Cooks, Short Order
• Cooks, Fast Food
• Bakers
• Food Service Managers

Careers With Similar Skills

Occupations whose Transferable Skills profile most closely matches this one — a mathematical comparison, not observed data about people actually moving between these careers.

• Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria93% skill match
• Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Arrangers92% skill match
• General and Operations Managers91% skill match
• Funeral Home Managers90% skill match
• Dentists, General90% skill match
• Food Service Managers90% skill match
• Chefs and Head Cooks90% skill match
• Costume Attendants90% skill match

Transferable Skills

Cross-functional skills this occupation draws on most, per O*NET — the kind that carry over to other careers.

• Service Orientationimportance 3.1/5
• Social Perceptivenessimportance 3.0/5
• Complex Problem Solvingimportance 3.0/5
• Judgment and Decision Makingimportance 3.0/5
• Time Managementimportance 3.0/5
• Coordinationimportance 2.9/5
• Management of Material Resourcesimportance 2.9/5
• Persuasionimportance 2.8/5

Software & Technologies

Tools and software used in this occupation, per O*NET.

Work Style

Personal work characteristics that matter most for this occupation, per O*NET.

• Dependability
• Attention to Detail
• Innovation
• Integrity
• Self-Control
• Cooperation
• Adaptability

Career Interests

This occupation’s RIASEC interest profile, per O*NET — how strongly it fits each of the six Holland interest types.

• RealisticMedium
• SocialMedium
• ArtisticMedium
• ConventionalMedium
• EnterprisingMedium
• InvestigativeLow

Where This Career Is Most Concentrated

Metro areas where cooks, private household make up the largest share of local employment, relative to the national average (BLS location quotient).

1. 1New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ2.27× national avg

Possible Career Moves

A computed starting point, not observed job-change data — see the full list for why each one might fit.

• Chefs and Head CooksLateral Move
• Food Service ManagersCareer Change
• Cooks, Institution and CafeteriaLateral Move
• Dietetic TechniciansCareer Change

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Related Education Programs

Schools that offer related fields of study, based on the NCES CIP-SOC crosswalk — not a guarantee that graduates enter this specific career.