According to the source, chefs and head cooks in the United States earned a mean hourly wage of 28.95 U.S. dollars, making it the highest earning foodservice occupation as of May 2022. Meanwhile, cooks in private households earned a mean salary of 21.88 U.S. dollars per hour.
Hourly wages of foodservice employees in the United States as of May 2022, by occupation (in U.S. dollars)
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Bureau of Labor Statistics. (April 25, 2023). Hourly wages of foodservice employees in the United States as of May 2022, by occupation (in U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 01, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/198528/hourly-wage-of-foodservice-occupations-in-the-us/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. "Hourly wages of foodservice employees in the United States as of May 2022, by occupation (in U.S. dollars)." Chart. April 25, 2023. Statista. Accessed December 01, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/198528/hourly-wage-of-foodservice-occupations-in-the-us/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2023). Hourly wages of foodservice employees in the United States as of May 2022, by occupation (in U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 01, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/198528/hourly-wage-of-foodservice-occupations-in-the-us/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. "Hourly Wages of Foodservice Employees in The United States as of May 2022, by Occupation (in U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 25 Apr 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/198528/hourly-wage-of-foodservice-occupations-in-the-us/
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Hourly wages of foodservice employees in the United States as of May 2022, by occupation (in U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/198528/hourly-wage-of-foodservice-occupations-in-the-us/ (last visited December 01, 2023)
Hourly wages of foodservice employees in the United States as of May 2022, by occupation (in U.S. dollars) [Graph], Bureau of Labor Statistics, April 25, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/198528/hourly-wage-of-foodservice-occupations-in-the-us/