Also called: Decorated Cookie Business Owner, Cookier
Bakes and decorates detailed sugar cookies for weddings, birthdays, and corporate gifts.
A cookie artist bakes batches in the morning, pipes intricate royal-icing designs for hours, packages orders, and posts time-lapse videos that bring in new customers.
Estimate; often a home business.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
No formal education, about 0 years after high school. Self-taught or baking classes; a home-bakery (cottage food) permit.
Ways in: Self-taught. Training cost: Under $15k.
Majors to look at: Baking & Pastry Arts.
Growing about average. Growing thanks to social media.
Low risk for 10 years. AI helps design and edible printers do simple logos; detailed hand-iced cookies stay a craft.
Age 14+. One way to start: Practice a few sets, check your state's cottage food rules, then take orders from family and friends First: Your state's cottage food registration or food-safety course, where required
Classes: Art, Culinary arts CTE, Business.
Official data: O*NET occupation 51-3011.
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