Wages & salaries for Chefs and head cooks in Reading, PA Wages & salaries for Chefs and head cooks in Reading, PA Chefs and head cooks (Occupation [OCC] code: 35-1011) in Reading, PA (BLS Area code: 39740 ) earned an average wage of $16.37 per hour and an average annual salary of $34,040Reading, PA110Chefs and head cooksIndustry comparison
Chefs and head cooks in Reading, PA earned 10% less than average for Chefs and head cooks in the United States.

Region/area/city comparison
Chefs and head cooks in Reading, PA earned 4% less than the average worker in Reading, PA.

State salary comparison
Chefs and head cooks in Reading, PA earned 12% less than the average worker in Pennsylvania.

National salary comparison
Chefs and head cooks in Reading, PA earned 13% less than the average worker in the United States.

Chefs and head cooks in Reading, PAChefs and head cooks in Reading, PA

Mean hourly wage:	$16.37
Tenth (10th) percentile hourly wage:	$11.84
Twenty-fifth (25th) percentile hourly wage:	$13.16
Fiftieth (50th) percentile wage [median] hourly wage:	$15.35
Seventy-fifth (75th) percentile hourly wage:	$18.68
Ninetieth (90th) percentile hourly wage:	$23.16

Chefs and head cooks in Reading, PA

Mean annual salary:	$34,040
Tenth (10th) percentile annual salary:	$24,630
Twenty-fifth (25th) percentile annual salary:	$27,370
Fiftieth (50th) percentile wage [median] annual salary:	$31,930
Seventy-fifth (75th) percentile annual salary:	$38,850
Ninetieth (90th) percentile annual salary:	$48,180