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Cooks working in full-service restaurants reported higher average wages than fast-food cooks and short-order cooks, but lower wages than institutional cooks and chefs. As of May 2011, the average hourly wage for a restaurant cook was $11.25. Half of those working in this occupation earned between $8.96 and $12.98 per hour, with the highest-paid 10 percent of all restaurant cooks reporting hourly wages of $15.46 or higher.
As of May 2008, the median annual salary for chefs and head cooks was $38,770, according to the BLS. Payscale says that as of 2010, the average salary for a head cook is between $30,795 and $49,537. The BLS figure is consistent with the Payscale data. The amount of money you earn depends on the type of chef you are. A restaurant executive chef earns the most -- as of December 2010, an average of $68,000 per year, according to Payscale. An executive chef in general earns an average of $55,000 per year.