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.
The biggest employers of chefs in 2011 were full-service restaurants, which contained almost half of all the positions, and offered averages of $44,870 yearly, or $21.57 per hour. The best paying work was with deep sea, coastal and Great Lakes water transportation at a mean $73,010, or $35.10. Employers do not require a specific education for chefs.