pastry maker
Pastry makers prepare and bake cakes, cookies, croissants, pies and alike products according to recipes.
pastry maker pastry makers prepare and bake cakes, cookies, croissants, pies and alike products according to recipes. The role shows moderate AI exposure (0.50 on a 0-1 scale) — some tasks are being automated but the role adapts. The most in-demand skills for the role include crafting, types of whisks, monitor flour unloading equipment, maintain cutting equipment, care for food aesthetic.
Pay in the UK
UK: median £28,243 a year for Food, drink and tobacco process operatives (ONS ASHE 2025, full-time)
Middle half of full-time jobs: £24,471 to £33,889 a year
UK jobs are grouped differently; this is the closest UK occupation group (ONS SOC 2020 8111). ONS rates this estimate precise. 2025 provisional figures; ONS revises them a year later. Source: ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (Open Government Licence)
Pay in India (occupation group)
Average monthly earnings of salaried employees in the occupation group “Craft and related trades workers” in India, from the Government of India's Periodic Labour Force Survey (January–December 2025). It covers everyone in this group, not only pastry maker, and it is not US pay converted to rupees.
Source: MoSPI (Government of India), Periodic Labour Force Survey Annual Report 2025, Table 51 — average wage/salary earnings of regular wage/salaried employees, NCO-2015 division 7. Official India data gives one average per occupation group: there are no official India figures for single careers, experience levels or cities. Read the report
Top skills
Knowledge you'll build
- Production and Processing
- Customer and Personal Service
- Food Production
- English Language
- Mathematics
- Administration and Management
- Sales and Marketing
- Public Safety and Security
What you'd actually do
- Check products for quality, and identify damaged or expired goods.
- Set oven temperatures, and place items into hot ovens for baking.
- Combine measured ingredients in bowls of mixing, blending, or cooking machinery.
- Place dough in pans, molds, or on sheets, and bake in production ovens or on grills.
- Set time and speed controls for mixing machines, blending machines, or steam kettles so that ingredients will be mixed or cooked according to instructions.
- Measure or weigh flour or other ingredients to prepare batters, doughs, fillings, or icings, using scales or graduated containers.
Tools & technology you'd use
Frequently asked questions
What does pastry maker do?
Pastry makers prepare and bake cakes, cookies, croissants, pies and alike products according to recipes.
What skills does pastry maker need?
The most in-demand skills for this role include crafting, types of whisks, monitor flour unloading equipment, maintain cutting equipment, care for food aesthetic, monitor machine operations. These are the skills O*NET identifies as most important for competent performance.
Will AI replace pastry maker?
Our AI-durability model gives pastry maker a score of 0.50 on a 0-1 scale (higher = more exposure). That places it at moderate AI exposure — some tasks are being automated but the role adapts. Learning to work with AI tools rather than against them is the path forward.