Chefs and Head Cooks Salary

Average salary, salary range, and compensation data for Chefs and Head Cooks positions across the United States.

Median Annual Salary

$60,990

National average

Salary Range

$36,000 – $96,030

10th–90th percentile

Data Year

2024

Source: BLS

Chefs and Head Cooks Salary by City

LocationMedian SalaryMinMax
Kahului-Wailuku, HI$87,410$71,540$134,990
Morgantown, WV$87,280$36,070$109,410
Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area$85,370$72,040$126,860
Terre Haute, IN$83,880$37,000$96,550
Hawaii$81,200$70,340$129,990
Alexandria, LA$80,290$20,370$109,280
Rhode Island$79,160$64,990$122,840
Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area$78,930$51,900$100,300
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA$78,390$51,120$116,410
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$78,050$47,630$109,960
Urban Honolulu, HI$77,380$70,340$124,880
North Dakota$76,630$45,550$98,020
Napa, CA$76,350$51,800$123,230
Naples-Marco Island, FL$74,990$39,450$123,830
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$74,970$51,580$100,350
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$74,640$47,730$112,630
District of Columbia$74,000$55,130$109,370
Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area$73,620$48,510$121,580
Salinas, CA$73,260$44,320$122,170
Vineland, NJ$72,740$54,640$92,500
Barnstable Town, MA$72,570$49,360$104,560
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA$72,220$49,110$103,630
Trenton-Princeton, NJ$71,790$54,600$96,680
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$71,600$42,760$118,990
Massachusetts$71,330$48,070$111,360
Huntsville, AL$70,960$32,900$84,920
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO$70,090$50,020$94,900
Washington$69,800$49,920$97,970
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL$69,690$36,160$81,270
New Jersey$69,660$53,250$99,510
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ$69,630$55,230$100,470
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA$69,610$50,950$77,560
South Florida nonmetropolitan area$69,570$35,250$108,080
Tuscaloosa, AL$69,560$36,710$94,080
Worcester, MA$69,210$47,400$94,420
Amherst Town-Northampton, MA$69,120$47,340$92,150
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$68,260$45,850$101,830
Northeastern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area$68,110$48,780$89,990
Southern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area$67,580$41,560$89,990
Southwest Missouri nonmetropolitan area$67,280$36,730$86,940
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$66,860$46,520$99,010
California$66,780$45,500$100,580
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA$66,560$46,860$98,680
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$66,550$44,310$100,730
Auburn-Opelika, AL$66,550$36,720$84,360
Wasatch Front Fringe Utah nonmetropolitan area$66,520$46,070$102,390
Mobile, AL$66,440$37,140$80,490
Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA$66,390$52,080$88,410
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY$65,930$43,680$104,880
Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA$65,790$49,200$84,300
Springfield, MA$65,790$44,020$99,340
Vallejo, CA$65,780$37,990$95,320
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC$65,780$48,360$104,710
Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area$65,450$38,290$98,240
Delaware$65,290$44,840$86,140
Wildwood-The Villages, FL$65,290$30,830$87,420
Sussex Delaware nonmetropolitan area$65,290$47,320$82,360
Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area$65,060$48,880$91,510
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA$65,000$38,480$96,470
Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area$64,990$47,110$91,610
Beckley, WV$64,970$38,490$87,550
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ$64,920$42,540$101,500
Wyoming$64,790$46,590$93,920
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA$64,590$36,780$92,550
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC$64,590$44,630$101,520
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA$64,560$43,470$93,290
Lexington Park, MD$64,400$38,450$79,940
Fresno, CA$64,330$35,680$87,700
Kingston, NY$64,320$49,790$109,990
New York$64,300$42,150$100,730
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT$64,200$44,950$124,240
Omaha, NE-IA$63,990$40,480$114,260
Colorado$63,990$44,490$90,480
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA$63,970$36,060$94,700
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA$63,930$46,990$97,380
North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area$63,930$38,290$89,340
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area$63,930$37,060$105,640
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN$63,810$49,590$96,460
Modesto, CA$63,760$37,690$84,270
Sheboygan, WI$63,740$38,440$84,680
Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area$63,700$48,240$100,040
Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area$63,610$52,000$102,120
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN$63,570$35,290$99,150
Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC$63,500$40,430$99,990
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD$63,360$44,730$93,690
Bakersfield-Delano, CA$63,280$34,640$87,320
Vermont$63,270$52,000$89,250
Charleston-North Charleston, SC$63,130$45,120$85,200
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY$63,010$46,720$98,240
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY$62,980$47,830$110,240
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI$62,980$43,670$91,860
Birmingham, AL$62,800$40,300$94,580
Glens Falls, NY$62,750$46,640$93,570
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area$62,740$47,100$104,090
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA$62,710$44,300$97,420
Western Washington nonmetropolitan area$62,680$45,180$92,450
Alabama$62,670$36,570$84,860
Connecticut$62,540$40,380$112,660
Stockton-Lodi, CA$62,510$38,320$89,370
New Haven, CT$62,440$40,260$105,400
Kennewick-Richland, WA$62,230$48,930$84,490
Visalia, CA$62,170$40,600$80,330
Asheville, NC$62,040$44,800$97,620
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL$62,040$31,510$100,040
Maryland$61,990$37,440$93,110
Arizona$61,950$38,150$96,440
Virgin Islands$61,930$34,930$100,860
Raleigh-Cary, NC$61,890$45,990$98,570
Binghamton, NY$61,790$31,200$90,020
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI$61,780$48,490$92,970
Burlington-South Burlington, VT$61,740$55,750$81,690
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA$61,650$46,860$78,660
Waterbury-Shelton, CT$61,650$39,810$113,490
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL$61,600$44,160$94,880
Northwestern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area$61,530$38,010$89,990
Merced, CA$61,470$35,100$123,640
Illinois$61,450$35,290$95,830
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD$61,430$36,880$90,050
Yakima, WA$61,420$47,160$79,780
Santa Fe, NM$61,370$45,900$98,630
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI$61,310$37,760$76,100
Fayetteville, NC$61,310$44,730$80,500
Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT$61,300$39,970$112,660
South Carolina$61,290$42,810$88,430
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL$61,270$29,040$101,570
Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA$61,260$49,820$78,230
Kansas City, MO-KS$61,220$38,340$90,960
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA$61,190$46,730$91,990
Madison, WI$61,190$39,500$84,990
Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area$61,190$35,890$101,540
Alaska nonmetropolitan area$61,160$42,010$90,210
Syracuse, NY$61,020$45,720$92,590
Cheyenne, WY$60,900$40,360$88,040
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY$60,880$43,810$100,990
West Virginia$60,790$38,490$105,560
Rochester, NY$60,740$42,480$93,600
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC$60,740$45,490$118,920
Janesville-Beloit, WI$60,740$45,410$80,790
Boulder, CO$60,720$37,440$79,820
Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area$60,700$46,260$100,330
Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ$60,640$37,770$93,040
Utica-Rome, NY$60,630$46,150$102,050
Chico, CA$60,620$44,780$80,630
Elmira, NY$60,570$40,680$101,940
Bozeman, MT$60,560$38,800$95,270
Pittsburgh, PA$60,530$39,440$92,360
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI$60,460$40,070$79,970
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL$60,400$31,460$94,350
Pittsfield, MA$60,390$42,590$99,500
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI$60,320$46,460$74,310
Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$60,320$36,940$64,360
Canton-Massillon, OH$60,310$38,230$94,990
Oregon$60,270$44,470$87,820
Yuba City, CA$60,250$40,300$78,530
Memphis, TN-MS-AR$60,220$39,210$87,720
Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area$60,210$35,250$84,450
Ann Arbor, MI$60,190$40,270$79,980
Wisconsin$60,170$32,180$90,560
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT$60,160$40,210$104,250
Montgomery, AL$60,140$37,200$80,630
St. Louis, MO-IL$60,130$40,500$95,160
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO$60,100$44,450$86,530
Lansing-East Lansing, MI$60,100$38,810$78,720
Colorado Springs, CO$60,080$45,310$88,170
Medford, OR$60,060$44,950$84,970
Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area$60,040$46,990$79,990
Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area$60,020$39,260$87,550
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC$60,000$43,610$78,470
Balance of Nevada nonmetropolitan area$60,000$25,290$94,690
Maryland nonmetropolitan area$59,990$34,990$87,800
Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$59,960$37,060$74,990
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA$59,920$39,930$87,730
Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetropolitan area$59,920$35,890$74,990
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN$59,860$41,060$81,620
Columbus, OH$59,820$40,390$99,910
North Carolina$59,810$42,290$98,580
Virginia$59,780$43,570$81,730
Flagstaff, AZ$59,740$41,850$97,940
Reading, PA$59,680$40,240$88,100
Pennsylvania$59,630$39,880$90,210
Florida$59,580$31,040$98,960
Sandusky, OH$59,480$35,570$102,870
Tennessee$59,470$40,810$87,010
Minnesota$59,430$46,220$91,820
Fargo, ND-MN$59,430$40,680$86,030
Rochester, MN$59,390$46,430$95,200
Wilmington, NC$59,390$43,130$95,100
Tucson, AZ$59,380$36,980$87,820
Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$59,380$46,810$104,710
Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI$59,370$30,790$81,330
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL$59,330$35,500$96,820
Jackson, MI$59,270$45,500$70,090
Greenville, NC$59,250$41,520$82,450
Connecticut nonmetropolitan area$59,250$37,240$92,030
Missouri$59,220$35,720$90,960
Rockford, IL$59,210$43,570$94,750
Columbia, SC$59,190$39,910$79,730
Niles, MI$59,140$45,400$78,230
Appleton, WI$59,060$28,250$82,040
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN$59,030$38,170$90,570
Manchester-Nashua, NH$59,020$27,000$93,360
Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$58,990$44,020$96,910
Wausau, WI$58,970$44,140$80,780
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC$58,910$43,180$81,650
Charlottesville, VA$58,860$42,480$89,850
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ$58,820$41,310$90,130
Nevada$58,590$35,200$92,160
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV$58,590$35,200$92,160
Harrisonburg, VA$58,580$39,650$79,010
Southern Michigan nonmetropolitan area$58,560$37,420$74,420
Winston-Salem, NC$58,540$44,050$94,470
Northeast Virginia nonmetropolitan area$58,540$37,270$63,580
Kenosha, WI$58,520$31,070$82,070
Grants Pass, OR$58,510$43,570$87,910
Bend, OR$58,500$44,090$81,690
Michigan$58,430$38,730$77,030
Northern Michigan nonmetropolitan area$58,430$34,850$72,080
New Hampshire$58,400$36,970$90,170
Nebraska$58,390$40,880$111,300
Kansas$58,290$35,590$87,960
Central New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area$58,240$36,970$76,930
Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area$58,240$42,290$92,150
West Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$58,170$46,790$82,760
Flint, MI$58,090$37,210$70,270
Jacksonville, FL$57,990$34,990$90,330
Eau Claire, WI$57,880$27,690$82,620
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC$57,880$33,280$77,050
Albany, OR$57,870$38,100$85,140
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$57,860$40,190$92,070
South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area$57,860$37,200$107,990
Lewiston-Auburn, ME$57,840$47,680$77,960
Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$57,830$39,100$89,310
Tallahassee, FL$57,740$29,140$82,500
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI$57,690$40,200$78,550
Burlington, NC$57,670$46,390$83,980
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA$57,630$38,720$79,960
East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$57,630$43,360$82,760
Alaska$57,610$32,270$89,180
Greeley, CO$57,580$35,430$75,620
Green Bay, WI$57,580$30,570$80,740
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL$57,520$30,910$100,570
Evansville, IN$57,440$35,810$81,690
Oklahoma City, OK$57,390$16,970$80,220
Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$57,390$38,070$87,590
Salem, OR$57,380$43,660$82,140
Redding, CA$57,360$37,030$86,000
Ithaca, NY$57,360$46,020$84,420
Reno, NV$57,350$36,400$93,070
Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area$57,300$35,620$76,940
Salisbury, MD$57,260$36,730$77,200
Cleveland, OH$57,190$36,830$97,920
Eugene-Springfield, OR$57,190$42,790$72,790
Indiana$57,140$36,620$90,060
Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area$57,110$35,620$88,920
Richmond, VA$57,100$44,910$80,460
Traverse City, MI$57,060$38,730$75,210
Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$57,050$30,150$79,620
Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area$57,040$43,990$85,010
Topeka, KS$56,940$39,380$83,400
Billings, MT$56,850$42,150$78,630
Midland, MI$56,820$33,420$77,790
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI$56,790$37,840$87,380
Ohio$56,700$37,030$97,920
Pueblo, CO$56,640$32,230$76,390
High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area$56,570$25,900$94,710
Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$56,460$38,070$82,830
Saginaw, MI$56,450$37,670$71,320
South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$56,390$30,150$79,620
Toledo, OH$56,360$39,330$95,170
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area$56,310$45,030$100,680
Portland-South Portland, ME$56,200$47,900$79,260
State College, PA$56,170$36,510$82,380
Grand Junction, CO$56,150$33,670$76,510
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$55,900$36,210$92,760
West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$55,900$21,740$96,360
Maine$55,860$45,140$76,800
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH$55,850$34,850$88,210
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$55,790$35,830$98,660
Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area$55,690$46,580$91,980
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN$55,660$34,280$96,030
Montana$55,650$38,020$78,990
Knoxville, TN$55,650$42,520$83,870
West Montana nonmetropolitan area$55,650$44,570$77,870
Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI$55,640$34,830$69,980
Greensboro-High Point, NC$55,570$40,560$97,560
Monroe, MI$55,480$36,150$71,230
Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area$55,470$37,340$85,900
Bloomington, IL$55,430$40,310$90,820
Lancaster, PA$55,430$39,480$79,990
Jacksonville, NC$55,420$39,080$105,080
Northwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area$55,390$39,710$77,020
Bellingham, WA$55,380$48,360$79,410
Spartanburg, SC$55,250$45,230$76,550
New Mexico$55,170$43,510$89,030
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV$55,160$33,120$73,150
Punta Gorda, FL$55,000$31,340$94,060
Lincoln, NE$54,930$40,880$111,300
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL$54,820$30,170$86,560
York-Hanover, PA$54,810$39,370$78,820
Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area$54,520$37,430$76,110
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC$54,460$36,610$89,000
Southwestern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area$54,460$39,100$72,680
Johnstown, PA$54,330$35,470$86,940
Lebanon, PA$54,320$39,010$81,910
Sebring, FL$54,270$33,790$87,810
Midland, TX$54,220$21,840$81,020
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX$54,160$30,030$83,530
Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL$54,080$30,710$92,180
North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous)$54,030$33,390$93,620
Peoria, IL$53,880$38,750$90,110
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC$53,860$40,190$80,050
Mansfield, OH$53,760$39,040$81,070
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL$53,630$31,040$90,080
Gettysburg, PA$53,600$38,500$72,330
Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$53,510$34,320$81,600
Lexington-Fayette, KY$53,490$26,480$102,830
Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area$53,490$26,140$65,510
Central Louisiana nonmetropolitan area$53,420$25,560$99,360
Oklahoma$53,310$17,120$78,090
Bangor, ME$53,250$42,560$75,190
Akron, OH$53,240$38,900$97,640
Chattanooga, TN-GA$52,990$31,200$84,520
Dover, DE$52,940$40,820$77,990
Tulsa, OK$52,660$17,120$74,790
Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area$52,540$39,950$76,750
Southwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area$52,430$35,130$81,930
Anchorage, AK$52,420$31,480$86,380
Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area$52,360$44,110$88,370
Roanoke, VA$52,340$35,370$73,850
Lynchburg, VA$52,280$38,870$78,760
Battle Creek, MI$52,120$42,640$77,270
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH$52,010$28,180$96,830
Albuquerque, NM$51,990$43,510$86,500
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR$51,970$38,700$102,080
Champaign-Urbana, IL$51,960$32,680$81,330
Corvallis, OR$51,910$43,320$83,610
Erie, PA$51,810$37,200$75,520
Boise City, ID$51,710$38,150$80,130
Savannah, GA$51,670$33,760$88,910
Georgia$51,630$36,420$86,420
Wichita, KS$51,510$34,370$79,910
Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area$51,510$40,840$71,340
Jackson, TN$51,400$37,000$83,560
Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$51,330$30,510$77,800
Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA$51,220$37,720$62,860
Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area$51,220$32,670$81,250
Fort Wayne, IN$51,200$35,560$79,230
Texas$51,050$30,030$86,210
Bloomington, IN$50,990$42,610$104,780
Springfield, MO$50,920$33,110$76,470
Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$50,740$38,470$78,190
Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$50,730$33,280$79,500
Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$50,690$20,130$92,350
East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$50,520$24,590$84,450
Duluth, MN-WI$50,510$32,700$81,830
Columbia, MO$50,400$35,160$87,100
Coeur d'Alene, ID$50,250$39,590$77,990
Williamsport, PA$50,240$35,360$76,010
Chambersburg, PA$50,120$33,390$109,670
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS$50,060$29,390$81,670
Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area$50,060$40,840$74,120
Idaho$50,010$36,000$79,740
Amarillo, TX$49,990$33,280$82,960
Corpus Christi, TX$49,990$31,660$74,730
Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area$49,990$37,030$88,880
Port St. Lucie, FL$49,940$29,790$98,090
Brunswick-St. Simons, GA$49,870$38,760$92,830
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL$49,780$30,420$90,000
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA$49,780$35,530$73,990
Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$49,760$36,180$75,040
South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$49,730$36,120$93,160
Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$49,660$30,150$91,450
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA$49,430$38,510$79,970
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL$49,420$30,540$83,670
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX$49,370$26,850$75,860
Mankato, MN$49,310$45,250$77,530
Odessa, TX$49,290$31,390$78,910
Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$49,210$23,950$93,240
Yuma, AZ$49,190$36,230$76,880
Clarksville, TN-KY$49,140$24,940$81,460
Bay City, MI$49,100$30,940$65,900
Arkansas$49,060$35,820$85,380
Winchester, VA-WV$49,020$40,530$71,950
Ocala, FL$48,910$29,910$89,970
South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$48,910$29,360$82,760
Wheeling, WV-OH$48,860$33,340$87,340
Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area$48,780$34,350$82,950
Altoona, PA$48,680$36,510$74,710
Missoula, MT$48,440$36,170$73,180
Lawrence, KS$48,300$35,590$81,170
Youngstown-Warren, OH$48,280$32,670$83,150
Johnson City, TN$48,130$26,610$79,830
Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA$48,130$30,020$75,600
Macon-Bibb County, GA$48,050$27,530$78,940
Jefferson City, MO$48,000$34,870$73,610
Manhattan, KS$47,990$33,940$74,990
North Georgia nonmetropolitan area$47,930$30,880$86,420
Lower East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$47,920$29,120$80,420
South Georgia nonmetropolitan area$47,910$31,830$84,660
Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area$47,910$27,500$81,210
Columbus, GA-AL$47,860$33,600$76,100
South Illinois nonmetropolitan area$47,840$39,070$96,840
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ$47,800$36,520$78,330
Rome, GA$47,750$27,630$80,980
Athens-Clarke County, GA$47,640$16,410$84,510
Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL$47,470$27,810$78,210
Sioux Falls, SD-MN$47,420$44,120$56,000
Victoria, TX$47,410$19,560$73,750
Sherman-Denison, TX$47,220$30,330$89,360
West Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$47,220$33,890$175,630
Abilene, TX$47,180$29,180$71,650
Hot Springs, AR$47,110$29,970$67,900
Kansas nonmetropolitan area$47,060$32,990$76,700
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR$46,920$35,820$77,630
Rapid City, SD$46,660$40,070$54,460
Valdosta, GA$46,600$23,760$74,940
South Dakota$46,510$37,640$55,390
Homosassa Springs, FL$46,440$28,810$83,800
Gainesville, FL$46,370$28,070$80,680
San Angelo, TX$46,340$19,120$80,620
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD$46,320$28,820$71,180
Northwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$46,320$15,600$74,720
East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area$46,070$35,500$79,560
Albany, GA$46,020$24,130$79,980
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX$45,980$20,390$92,500
Waco, TX$45,820$31,440$82,400
Warner Robins, GA$45,770$16,840$75,530
Springfield, IL$45,740$33,220$78,890
Gainesville, GA$45,740$36,680$81,270
Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$45,290$29,830$93,620
St. Cloud, MN$45,180$42,660$72,550
Florence, SC$45,180$21,700$75,470
East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area$45,160$37,960$70,240
Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area$45,040$33,380$68,810
Mississippi$44,990$28,580$80,420
Kankakee, IL$44,970$38,910$77,910
East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area$44,870$36,210$54,280
Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area$44,670$32,580$75,330
West South Dakota nonmetropolitan area$44,500$36,210$60,400
Utah$44,490$27,110$80,010
Border Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$44,490$30,180$76,680
Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$44,360$33,280$60,360
North Florida nonmetropolitan area$44,250$29,520$90,510
Kentucky$44,220$27,110$87,550
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN$44,220$27,110$92,040
Fairbanks-College, AK$44,150$31,150$88,080
Iowa City, IA$43,980$29,040$71,060
Ames, IA$43,870$30,550$72,070
Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$43,720$28,580$80,420
Iowa$43,690$29,960$71,460
Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area$43,690$27,860$55,280
Ogden, UT$43,680$25,780$75,720
Cedar Rapids, IA$43,580$32,670$71,590
Bowling Green, KY$43,170$25,210$77,590
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX$43,150$29,220$64,150
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT$42,740$27,110$80,010
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL$42,720$31,480$71,390
Dubuque, IA$42,700$29,860$71,460
St. George, UT$42,530$25,320$74,710
North Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$42,150$30,710$65,280
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT$41,980$25,870$76,340
Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ$41,230$35,670$76,770
South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$41,180$23,950$82,510
Northwestern Idaho nonmetropolitan area$41,080$36,400$54,370
Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$41,080$32,100$59,810
Laredo, TX$40,860$27,840$63,370
East Georgia nonmetropolitan area$40,680$26,270$47,930
Logan, UT-ID$40,390$24,890$83,010
Jackson, MS$39,930$28,020$90,210
New Orleans-Metairie, LA$39,850$22,500$77,740
Guam$39,390$28,320$75,390
Texarkana, TX-AR$39,360$28,320$74,760
West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area$39,070$32,220$64,500
Louisiana$38,340$22,500$77,330
Baton Rouge, LA$38,340$22,060$75,590
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR$38,150$21,510$55,470
Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area$37,910$27,860$59,270
Tyler, TX$37,530$19,790$70,640
College Station-Bryan, TX$37,450$30,050$73,810
Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area$37,370$26,730$71,570
North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$37,210$28,100$64,040
Lubbock, TX$37,160$26,930$80,480
Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA$37,040$20,170$64,570
Northwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$37,000$30,150$77,020
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA$36,760$28,430$66,080
Hattiesburg, MS$36,380$25,900$79,630
Puerto Rico$36,190$21,510$50,400
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX$36,130$26,470$68,570
Northeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$36,130$15,600$78,090
Arizona nonmetropolitan area$36,110$33,970$82,070
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA$36,090$27,010$63,170
Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area$36,040$27,860$55,280
Dalton, GA$35,990$16,490$67,690
Wichita Falls, TX$35,960$19,140$68,350
Aguadilla, PR$35,570$24,350$48,160
Hammond, LA$35,390$19,270$64,730
Longview, TX$35,200$28,410$67,400
Lower West Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$35,130$29,120$80,420
El Paso, TX$34,910$28,220$70,200
Monroe, LA$34,620$19,920$61,940
Lake Charles, LA$33,760$19,930$65,640
Elizabethtown, KY$33,090$18,640$60,740
Owensboro, KY$33,030$25,040$66,790
Lafayette, LA$32,930$26,580$59,090
Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$32,850$31,430$75,580
Northeast Louisiana nonmetropolitan area$31,670$22,250$65,530
Killeen-Temple, TX$31,630$20,300$64,190
West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$31,590$23,950$63,420
West Delta Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$30,480$23,330$80,420
Ponce, PR$29,890$20,560$43,780
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA$26,790$20,600$70,190
Mayaguez, PR$26,620$22,220$35,780
Southwest Louisiana nonmetropolitan area$25,700$25,560$60,010

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The median annual salary for a Chefs and Head Cooks is $60,990, with a typical range of $36,000 – $96,030 depending on experience, location, and employer.

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Entry-level Chefs and Head Cooks positions typically start around $36,000 per year. Salaries increase significantly with experience and specialization.

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