[iconoclast]

12. Chef and head cook: $44,047/year and $40,794/year, respectively


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[Bazza]

its the same over here amidst all the gloom and doom there is no shortage of jobs in hospitality. I am currently looking for work and am very busy with interviews.

[iconoclast]

it seems to have slowed down around here... unless i am looking in the wrong places?

[ChefDrizzle]

yeah here in upstate its definitely slowed down... granted it is winter and we have horrible weather but ive never had a harder time trying to get a good job here... ive had to lower my standards quite a bit..

[jbd]

Something about those numbers doesn't seem to ring true for me.
At $40,794 per year the hourly rate is $19.61 based on full time work of 2080 hours. Most everyone I know that is cooking for a living is making far less per hour than that and most don't have full time work at one place. They work two or three part time jobs and make between $20,000 and $28,000 per year.

[ChefChampionNJ]

tough? try the jersey shore this off-season...