Wages & salaries for Chefs and head cooks in State College, PA Wages & salaries for Chefs and head cooks in State College, PA Chefs and head cooks (Occupation [OCC] code: 35-1011) in State College, PA (BLS Area code: 44300 ) earned an average wage of $14.69 per hour and an average annual salary of $30,560State College, PA100Chefs and head cooksIndustry comparison
Chefs and head cooks in State College, PA earned 19% less than average for Chefs and head cooks in the United States.

Region/area/city comparison
Chefs and head cooks in State College, PA earned 14% less than the average worker in State College, PA.

State salary comparison
Chefs and head cooks in State College, PA earned 21% less than the average worker in Pennsylvania.

National salary comparison
Chefs and head cooks in State College, PA earned 22% less than the average worker in the United States.

Chefs and head cooks in State College, PAChefs and head cooks in State College, PA

Mean hourly wage:	$14.69
Tenth (10th) percentile hourly wage:	$7.66
Twenty-fifth (25th) percentile hourly wage:	$8.76
Fiftieth (50th) percentile wage [median] hourly wage:	$13.77
Seventy-fifth (75th) percentile hourly wage:	$19.72
Ninetieth (90th) percentile hourly wage:	$24.04

Chefs and head cooks in State College, PA

Mean annual salary:	$30,560
Tenth (10th) percentile annual salary:	$15,920
Twenty-fifth (25th) percentile annual salary:	$18,230
Fiftieth (50th) percentile wage [median] annual salary:	$28,650
Seventy-fifth (75th) percentile annual salary:	$41,010
Ninetieth (90th) percentile annual salary:	$50,010