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How to become a Food Service Counter Attendant

Official title: Food Service Counter Attendants

Food service counter attendants serve pre-prepared food, or food made on the spot from a few ingredients, at counters in food outlets and sell it to customers.

Main tasks

Serve food to customers at the counter
Find out what food customers want and help them choose and order
Clean, peel, slice and trim ingredients using manual and electric utensils
Prepare simple dishes from a few ingredients and reheat prepared food
Serve food on plates directly to customers; pack takeaway food and take payment

Pay · Outlook · AI and this job

Average pay: NT$459,000 a year
Demand for Service and sales jobs is projected at about 2,220,000 in 2024 and about 2,287,000 in 2030. (+3%)
Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.

Questions people ask

How much does a Food Service Counter Attendant earn in Taiwan?

Average pay is NT$459,000 a year (Ministry of Labor, Department of Statistics).

Is a Food Service Counter Attendant a growing career in Taiwan?

Demand for this job family is projected to change 3% from 2024 to 2030 (National Development Council).

Will AI change the work of a Food Service Counter Attendant?

Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.

Sources

Ministry of Labor, Department of Statistics: Occupational Wage Survey (職類別薪資調查) (2025 survey (July 2025 monthly, 2024 annual), released 2026-05-29), Open Government Data License, version 1.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
National Development Council: Final manpower demand projections by occupation (職業別最終人力需求推估) (2025 to 2030 (base 2024), 13 job families), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
International Labour Organization, Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure (ILO Working Paper 140, Gmyrek et al.) (ILO Working Paper 140, May 2025, Annex Table A1), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026

Updated 4 October 2026