Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2022

35-1011 Chefs and Head Cooks

Direct and may participate in the preparation, seasoning, and cooking of salads, soups, fish, meats, vegetables, desserts, or other foods. May plan and price menu items, order supplies, and keep records and accounts.

National estimates for Chefs and Head Cooks
Industry profile for Chefs and Head Cooks
Geographic profile for Chefs and Head Cooks

National estimates for Chefs and Head Cooks:

Employment estimate and mean wage estimates for Chefs and Head Cooks:

Employment (1)	Employment RSE (3)	Mean hourly wage	Mean annual wage (2)	Wage RSE (3)
160,190	2.6 %	$ 28.95	$ 60,210	0.8 %

Percentile wage estimates for Chefs and Head Cooks:

Percentile	10%	25%	50% (Median)	75%	90%
Hourly Wage	$ 16.23	$ 20.65	$ 27.17	$ 35.01	$ 44.00
Annual Wage (2)	$ 33,750	$ 42,950	$ 56,520	$ 72,820	$ 91,520

Industry profile for Chefs and Head Cooks:

Industries with the highest published employment and wages for Chefs and Head Cooks are provided. For a list of all industries with employment in Chefs and Head Cooks, see the Create Customized Tables function.

Industries with the highest levels of employment in Chefs and Head Cooks:

Industry	Employment (1)	Percent of industry employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Restaurants and Other Eating Places	86,880	0.83	$ 26.99	$ 56,130
Special Food Services	18,690	2.93	$ 31.51	$ 65,530
Traveler Accommodation	15,350	0.91	$ 33.38	$ 69,440
Other Amusement and Recreation Industries	8,890	0.71	$ 35.28	$ 73,370
Elementary and Secondary Schools	4,310	0.05	$ 21.01	$ 43,690

Industries with the highest concentration of employment in Chefs and Head Cooks:

Industry	Employment (1)	Percent of industry employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Special Food Services	18,690	2.93	$ 31.51	$ 65,530
Traveler Accommodation	15,350	0.91	$ 33.38	$ 69,440
Restaurants and Other Eating Places	86,880	0.83	$ 26.99	$ 56,130
Other Amusement and Recreation Industries	8,890	0.71	$ 35.28	$ 73,370
Rooming and Boarding Houses	70	0.70	$ 28.36	$ 58,990

Top paying industries for Chefs and Head Cooks:

Industry	Employment (1)	Percent of industry employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Securities, Commodity Contracts, and Other Financial Investments and Related Activities	240	0.02	$ 60.47	$ 125,770
Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, and Control Instruments Manufacturing	40	0.01	$ 44.18	$ 91,900
Fruit and Vegetable Preserving and Specialty Food Manufacturing	30	0.02	$ 41.51	$ 86,340
Management of Companies and Enterprises	1,070	0.04	$ 40.52	$ 84,280
Other Support Services	60	0.02	$ 40.42	$ 84,070

Geographic profile for Chefs and Head Cooks:

States and areas with the highest published employment, location quotients, and wages for Chefs and Head Cooks are provided. For a list of all areas with employment in Chefs and Head Cooks, see the Create Customized Tables function.

Map of employment of chefs and head cooks by state, May 2022

States with the highest employment level in Chefs and Head Cooks:

State	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
California	19,790	1.12	1.04	$ 33.17	$ 69,000
Texas	17,000	1.31	1.21	$ 23.27	$ 48,400
Florida	14,270	1.55	1.43	$ 28.30	$ 58,860
New York	10,190	1.12	1.03	$ 36.51	$ 75,940
Illinois	6,760	1.15	1.06	$ 30.22	$ 62,850

Map of location quotient of chefs and head cooks by state, May 2022

States with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in Chefs and Head Cooks:

State	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Vermont	1,070	3.65	3.37	$ 26.28	$ 54,670
Nevada	4,330	3.07	2.83	$ 26.89	$ 55,940
Connecticut	4,530	2.77	2.56	$ 28.58	$ 59,440
Alaska	760	2.47	2.28	$ 28.45	$ 59,170
District of Columbia	1,570	2.28	2.11	$ 34.11	$ 70,950

Map of annual mean wages of chefs and head cooks by state, May 2022

Top paying states for Chefs and Head Cooks:

State	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Hawaii	1,020	1.71	1.58	$ 40.19	$ 83,600
Rhode Island	620	1.29	1.19	$ 38.97	$ 81,070
New York	10,190	1.12	1.03	$ 36.51	$ 75,940
Massachusetts	4,540	1.27	1.17	$ 34.99	$ 72,780
District of Columbia	1,570	2.28	2.11	$ 34.11	$ 70,950

Map of employment of chefs and head cooks by area, May 2022

Metropolitan areas with the highest employment level in Chefs and Head Cooks:

Metropolitan area	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA	12,300	1.34	1.24	$ 36.41	$ 75,730
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	6,000	0.98	0.91	$ 34.30	$ 71,350
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	5,580	2.13	1.96	$ 28.65	$ 59,600
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI	5,510	1.25	1.15	$ 31.24	$ 64,990
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	4,800	1.26	1.16	$ 24.44	$ 50,820
San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA	4,350	1.82	1.68	$ 34.41	$ 71,580
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	4,300	1.42	1.31	$ 31.19	$ 64,880
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX	3,840	1.26	1.16	$ 24.64	$ 51,260
Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV	3,730	3.64	3.36	$ 26.86	$ 55,860
Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH	3,150	1.17	1.08	$ 36.20	$ 75,290

Map of location quotient of chefs and head cooks by area, May 2022

Metropolitan areas with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in Chefs and Head Cooks:

Metropolitan area	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT	1,490	3.79	3.50	$ 30.25	$ 62,920
Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island, FL	580	3.66	3.38	$ 31.93	$ 66,410
Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV	3,730	3.64	3.36	$ 26.86	$ 55,860
Danbury, CT	270	3.63	3.35	$ 26.36	$ 54,830
Burlington-South Burlington, VT	390	3.29	3.04	$ 25.82	$ 53,710
Norwich-New London-Westerly, CT-RI	390	3.26	3.01	$ 29.39	$ 61,120
The Villages, FL	110	3.10	2.86	$ 29.32	$ 60,980
Ocean City, NJ	120	3.03	2.80	$ 34.01	$ 70,730
Napa, CA	220	2.97	2.74	$ 35.69	$ 74,230
San Angelo, TX	130	2.64	2.44	$ 19.13	$ 39,790