How does Chefs and Head Cooks pay in Wisconsin compare to the national average?

Wisconsin Chefs and Head Cooks salaries are 1% below the US national median of $60,990 per year.

What is the salary range for a Chefs and Head Cooks in Wisconsin?

Chefs and Head Cooks salaries in Wisconsin range from $32,180 (10th percentile) to $90,560 (90th percentile) per year, per 2024 BLS OEWS data.

Chefs and Head Cooks Salary in Wisconsin

SOC 35-1011 · State · 2024 BLS OEWS

The median salary for a Chefs and Head Cooks in Wisconsin is $60,170 per year as of 2024. That works out to roughly $28.93 per hour. This is 1% below the national median of $60,990. 2,130 people work as Chefs and Head Cooks in Wisconsin. Wages have grown 77% since 2014, when the median was $33,960.

Median Annual Salary

$60,170

Mean Annual

$62,300

Median Hourly

$28.93

Total Employed

2,130

Location Quotient

0.62

Less common here

Salary Distribution

$32k

10th

$48k

25th

$60k

Median

$75k

75th

$91k

90th

How This Compares

Wisconsin

$60,170

this metro

United States

$60,990

you earn -1% vs US

Salary Trend

View data table

Year	Median Annual	Mean Annual	Employment
2024	$60,170	$62,300	2,130
2023	$59,160	$60,570	2,050
2022	$53,580	$55,310	1,360
2021	$50,110	$51,860	1,220
2020	$40,740	$45,830	1,760
2019	$39,250	$44,530	2,170
2018	$40,480	$47,210	2,240
2017	$42,650	$47,530	1,810
2016	$42,340	$47,240	1,870
2015	$36,430	$39,420	1,880
2014	$33,960	$35,990	2,210

Related Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations Jobs in Wisconsin

Other occupations in the same group, sorted by salary.

First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers	$38,700
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria	$37,840
Cooks, Restaurant	$36,940
Food Preparation and Serving Related Workers, All Other	$34,850
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant	$34,490
Food Preparation Workers	$32,810

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