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Chefs and head cooks

Chefs and head cooks
Chefs and head cooks -- jobs in the United States

Table showing the approximate number of people employed as Chefs and head cooks and their average hourly wage and annual salary for selected cities and municipalities in the United States. All figures are from the U.S. Department of Labor.

CityNo. EmployedAvg Hourly WageAvg Annual Salary
Akron, OH180$14.68$30,530
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY380$15.96$33,190
Albuquerque, NM270$15.13$31,460
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA360$17.02$35,410
Amarillo, TX70$17.35$36,080
Anchorage, AK230$13.95$29,020
Ann Arbor, MI PMSA330$15.83$32,920
Anniston, AL**$10.17$21,160
Appleton-Oshkosh-Neenah, WI230$13.57$28,220
Asheville, NC120$15.91$33,100
Atlanta, GA1,460$14.57$30,300
Atlantic-Cape May, NJ380$23.32$48,510
Auburn-Opelika, AL40$10.13$21,070
Augusta-Aiken, GA-SC170$13.19$27,440
Austin-San Marcos, TX390$16.42$34,150
Bakersfield, CA40$12.47$25,940
Baltimore, MD PMSA1,280$17.99$37,430
Bangor, ME90$11.89$24,720
Barnstable-Yarmouth, MA140$17.87$37,170
Baton Rouge, LA270$12.79$26,610
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX70$15.43$32,090
Bellingham, WA**$15.94$33,160
Benton Harbor, MI60$16.80$34,950
Bergen-Passaic, NJ260$23.06$47,960
Billings, MT90$10.28$21,390
Biloxi-Gulfport-Pascagoula, MS310$15.73$32,730
Binghamton, NY60$15.27$31,760
Birmingham, AL190$14.34$29,820
Bismarck, ND40$10.78$22,430
Bloomington, IN50$11.52$23,970
Bloomington-Normal, IL60$14.81$30,810
Boise City, ID850$10.34$21,510
Boston, MA-NH PMSA2,350$15.63$32,510
Boulder-Longmont, CO PMSA140$15.53$32,300
Bremerton, WA50$16.43$34,180
Bridgeport, CT PMSA270$18.01$37,470
Brockton, MA PMSA70$21.99$45,740
Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito, TX80$12.36$25,720
Bryan-College Station, TX40$13.49$28,050
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY620$14.24$29,610
Burlington, VT70$20.39$42,410
Canton-Massillon, OH170$12.21$25,400
Cedar Rapids, IA130$15.14$31,490
Champaign-Urbana, IL70$14.16$29,440
Charleston, WV50$12.34$25,660
Charleston-North Charleston, SC220$15.48$32,190
Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC480$16.71$34,770
Charlottesville, VA120$15.07$31,350
Chattanooga, TN-GA210$13.55$28,180
Chicago, IL PMSA4,160$14.54$30,250
Chico-Paradise, CA40$13.00$27,050
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN720$14.96$31,110
Cleveland-Lorain-Elyria, OH1,820$14.58$30,320
Colorado Springs, CO310$13.64$28,370
Columbia, MO50$13.32$27,700
Columbia, SC360$11.82$24,590
Columbus, OH520$15.65$32,560
Corpus Christi, TX120$9.65$20,070
Corvallis, OR30$19.02$39,570
Cumberland, MD-WV80$13.06$27,150
Dallas, TX1,100$22.67$47,160
Danbury, CT PMSA280$17.49$36,390
Danville, VA100$8.70$18,090
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL140$14.96$31,130
Daytona Beach, FL210$12.84$26,700
Dayton-Springfield, OH380$13.44$27,960
Decatur, IL40$13.48$28,040
Denver, CO PMSA1,150$17.83$37,080
Des Moines, IA230$17.08$35,520
Detroit, MI PMSA1,860$20.60$42,850
Dover, DE120$14.95$31,100
Dubuque, IA50$11.94$24,830
Duluth-Superior, MN-WI110$14.34$29,840
Dutchess County, NY110$17.64$36,680
El Paso, TX270$9.58$19,930
Elkhart-Goshen, IN80$14.31$29,770
Enid, OK**$14.35$29,850
Erie, PA50$17.02$35,410
Eugene-Springfield, OR120$15.26$31,750
Evansville-Henderson, IN-KY110$13.30$27,670
Fargo-Moorhead, ND-MN90$15.92$33,110
Fayetteville, NC120$12.13$25,240
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR**$10.62$22,080
Fitchburg-Leominster, MA PMSA60$17.43$36,250
Flagstaff, AZ-UT80$15.19$31,590
Flint, MI PMSA260$13.16$27,380
Florence, SC40$10.58$22,000
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO150$20.75$43,150
Fort Lauderdale, FL PMSA510$17.37$36,140
Fort Myers-Cape Coral, FL270$19.25$40,040
Fort Pierce-Port St. Lucie, FL110$16.45$34,210
Fort Walton Beach, FL40$20.38$42,390
Fort Wayne, IN180$15.47$32,180
Fort Worth-Arlington, TX630$15.98$33,250
Fresno, CA**$13.14$27,330
Gainesville, FL70$12.51$26,020
Galveston-Texas City, TX50$15.89$33,050
Gary, IN PMSA260$14.33$29,800
Glens Falls, NY50$20.43$42,490
Grand Junction, CO120$22.91$47,660
Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI320$17.14$35,640
Greeley, CO PMSA60$13.78$28,670
Green Bay, WI170$13.89$28,890
Greensboro--Winston-Salem--High Point, NC470$13.86$28,830
Greenville, NC**$10.83$22,530
Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, SC1,290$10.92$22,700
Hagerstown, MD PMSA**$7.97$16,580
Hamilton-Middletown, OH40$15.44$32,110
Harrisburg-Lebanon-Carlisle, PA320$13.24$27,530
Hartford, CT1,430$18.76$39,020
Hattiesburg, MS30$11.65$24,230
Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir, NC440$8.45$17,580
Honolulu, HI610$19.75$41,080
Houston, TX1,070$15.48$32,200
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH120$10.25$21,320
Huntsville, AL30$12.62$26,240
Indianapolis, IN480$17.98$37,390
Iowa City, IA50$13.45$27,980
Jackson, MI40$12.15$25,280
Jackson, MS90$11.82$24,580
Jackson, TN170$9.17$19,060
Jacksonville, FL490$14.53$30,220
Jamestown, NY40$15.93$33,120
Jersey City, NJ140$17.13$35,630
Johnson City-Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA260$11.94$24,830
Johnstown, PA90$13.08$27,220
Joplin, MO30$11.63$24,180
Kalamazoo-Battle Creek, MI100$13.52$28,130
Kansas City, MO-KS1,100$15.27$31,760
Kenosha, WI50$13.15$27,350
Killeen-Temple, TX**$11.11$23,120
Knoxville, TN480$13.00$27,040
La Crosse, WI-MN**$10.79$22,440
Lafayette, IN**$12.64$26,280
Lafayette, LA80$13.36$27,780
Lake Charles, LA60$15.43$32,090
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL70$16.16$33,620
Lancaster, PA120$16.54$34,400
Lansing-East Lansing, MI140$17.54$36,490
Laredo, TX40$11.84$24,640
Las Cruces, NM60$11.04$22,960
Las Vegas, NV-AZ2,010$19.28$40,100
Lawrence, KS40$16.29$33,880
Lawrence, MA-NH PMSA140$15.89$33,060
Lexington, KY170$11.78$24,500
Lima, OH60$12.46$25,910
Lincoln, NE**$14.40$29,940
Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR90$13.51$28,100
Longview-Marshall, TX**$11.94$24,840
Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA PMSA2,600$19.47$40,500
Louisville, KY-IN370$12.98$26,990
Lowell, MA-NH PMSA60$16.98$35,330
Lubbock, TX40$13.28$27,630
Lynchburg, VA50$12.52$26,040
Macon, GA120$12.85$26,730
Madison, WI410$12.91$26,840
Manchester, NH100$17.97$37,370
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX200$10.55$21,950
Medford-Ashland, OR140$13.30$27,670
Melbourne-Titusville-Palm Bay, FL50$15.04$31,290
Memphis, TN-AR-MS500$12.97$26,980
Merced, CA**$16.02$33,320
Miami, FL PMSA570$21.77$45,270
Middlesex-Somerset-Hunterdon, NJ190$21.97$45,700
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI1,020$13.54$28,170
Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI1,140$18.09$37,620
Missoula, MT**$13.05$27,140
Mobile, AL70$14.96$31,110
Modesto, CA**$13.72$28,540
Monmouth-Ocean, NJ180$25.29$52,610
Monroe, LA**$8.91$18,540
Montgomery, AL40$15.65$32,550
Muncie, IN30$11.23$23,370
Myrtle Beach, SC360$12.29$25,560
Naples, FL300$23.64$49,180
Nashua, NH130$18.12$37,680
Nashville, TN500$14.75$30,670
Nassau-Suffolk, NY1,140$20.03$41,660
New Bedford, MA PMSA**$13.34$27,750
New Haven-Meriden, CT PMSA470$19.19$39,920
New London-Norwich, CT-RI250$20.40$42,430
New Orleans, LA1,900$18.41$38,300
New York, NY3,280$21.25$44,190
Newark, NJ390$24.69$51,360
Newburgh, NY-PA**$22.31$46,400
Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News, VA-NC520$12.85$26,730
Oakland, CA PMSA910$19.35$40,240
Odessa-Midland, TX**$13.68$28,460
Oklahoma City, OK**$11.57$24,070
Olympia, WA30$16.40$34,110
Omaha, NE-IA210$18.54$38,560
Orange County, CA PMSA1,340$18.15$37,750
Orlando, FL850$15.86$32,980
Owensboro, KY**$9.01$18,740
Panama City, FL**$13.71$28,520
Parkersburg-Marietta, WV-OH**$13.61$28,310
Pensacola, FL130$12.93$26,890
Peoria-Pekin, IL140$15.72$32,690
Philadelphia, PA-NJ1,290$19.50$40,550
Phoenix-Mesa, AZ840$20.03$41,660
Pittsburgh, PA950$17.68$36,780
Pittsfield, MA70$14.71$30,600
Portland, ME240$20.61$42,880
Portland-Vancouver, OR-WA560$18.44$38,360
Portsmouth-Rochester, NH-ME260$17.11$35,600
Providence-Fall River-Warwick, RI-MA340$17.15$35,680
Provo-Orem, UT150$11.86$24,670
Pueblo, CO70$13.40$27,860
Racine, WI40$14.71$30,600
Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC490$18.75$39,010
Reading, PA100$16.11$33,510
Redding, CA70$20.84$43,340
Reno, NV360$17.76$36,940
Richland-Kennewick-Pasco, WA50$16.00$33,270
Richmond-Petersburg, VA710$14.94$31,070
Riverside-San Bernardino, CA PMSA850$16.89$35,130
Roanoke, VA50$20.61$42,870
Rochester, MN60$22.24$46,260
Rochester, NY520$16.49$34,300
Rockford, IL100$13.96$29,040
Sacramento, CA PMSA390$21.44$44,600
Saginaw-Bay City-Midland, MI110$14.56$30,290
Salem, OR120$12.75$26,510
Salinas, CA110$21.63$45,000
Salt Lake City-Ogden, UT560$13.08$27,210
San Antonio, TX620$13.66$28,410
San Diego, CA1,100$19.91$41,410
San Francisco, CA PMSA1,110$20.34$42,300
San Jose, CA PMSA620$19.79$41,170
San Juan-Bayamon, PR270$15.30$31,820
San Luis Obispo-Atascadero-Paso Robles, CA110$14.93$31,040
Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Lompoc, CA230$19.34$40,220
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA PMSA100$18.06$37,570
Santa Fe, NM150$18.64$38,770
Santa Rosa, CA PMSA220$18.71$38,910
Sarasota-Bradenton, FL410$14.53$30,230
Savannah, GA150$14.30$29,750
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre--Hazleton, PA190$12.99$27,010
Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA930$20.26$42,150
Sharon, PA70$11.01$22,900
Sheboygan, WI**$13.07$27,180
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA310$15.49$32,220
Sioux City, IA-NE70$11.88$24,710
South Bend, IN160$11.65$24,230
Spokane, WA50$18.69$38,870
Springfield, IL80$16.51$34,340
Springfield, MA920$12.02$25,010
Springfield, MO150$13.48$28,040
St. Cloud, MN50$14.12$29,360
St. Louis, MO-IL1,110$14.97$31,130
Stamford-Norwalk, CT PMSA240$27.50$57,200
State College, PA110$15.03$31,270
Steubenville-Weirton, OH-WV50$13.05$27,150
Stockton-Lodi, CA70$17.30$35,980
Sumter, SC**$10.97$22,810
Syracuse, NY220$17.33$36,050
Tacoma, WA130$19.72$41,010
Tallahassee, FL130$12.96$26,950
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL540$16.43$34,170
Terre Haute, IN70$17.39$36,160
Texarkana, TX-Texarkana, AR50$15.33$31,880
Toledo, OH130$16.85$35,040
Topeka, KS80$11.47$23,850
Trenton, NJ80$21.28$44,250
Tucson, AZ150$17.77$36,960
Tulsa, OK240$12.91$26,850
Tuscaloosa, AL**$11.59$24,110
Tyler, TX100$10.91$22,700
Utica-Rome, NY90$16.47$34,260
Vallejo-Fairfield-Napa, CA PMSA230$20.67$43,000
Ventura, CA PMSA200$18.49$38,450
Visalia-Tulare-Porterville, CA40$13.05$27,150
Waco, TX30$11.38$23,670
Washington, DC-MD-VA-WV PMSA2,990$18.37$38,210
Waterbury, CT PMSA100$19.77$41,120
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA40$12.00$24,970
Wausau, WI50$10.80$22,460
West Palm Beach-Boca Raton, FL1,280$17.67$36,750
Wheeling, WV-OH80$10.74$22,350
Wichita, KS360$11.40$23,720
Williamsport, PA40$11.94$24,840
Wilmington, NC220$15.48$32,200
Wilmington-Newark, DE-MD PMSA190$18.27$38,000
Worcester, MA-CT PMSA340$13.88$28,870
Yakima, WA**$20.87$43,410
Yolo, CA PMSA40$14.32$29,790
York, PA160$20.28$42,180
Youngstown-Warren, OH200$14.50$30,150


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