Yellow fever outbreaks in the United States shaped American history and influenced important national decisions. In the 1780s, yellow fever outbreaks in Philadelphia were responsible for killing one tenth of the city's population.
The average salary for an executive chef here is $71,666, according to a recent salary survey by StarChefs.com. The national average is $75,596, according to estimates by the online industry magazine. Locally, the range for line cooks is somewhere between $12 to $15 an hour, chefs and restaurateurs say.
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.