The Next Generation Of Cooks Is Coming
The growing number of young cooks entering the workforce this year is staggering. Per the National Restaurant Association: "As the 2025 summer season approached, the restaurant industry’s prime labor pool was at its highest level in several years. More than 6.2 million 16-19-year-olds were in the labor force in April, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). That was 900,000 higher than the comparable pre-pandemic level in April 2019, and represented the highest April reading since 2008 (6.5 million).
That number will rise well above 7 million during the peak summer months when more students are available, but the early workforce arrival of many teenagers likely helped some restaurants get a jump on their summer hiring.
The recent upward trend of teens in the workforce is a positive sign for restaurants, as this cohort makes up 20% of the industry workforce. Overall, restaurants are the economy’s largest employer of teenagers, providing job opportunities for 1.9 million 16-19-year-olds – or 33% of all working teens."
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