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.
In 2011, chefs and head cooks averaged $46,600 a year, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reports. Because high salaries can sometimes skew the average, median wage is often a better reflection of earning potential.Roughly half of all chefs and head cooks earn $42,350 or more a year.acility. As with the role in a kitchen, the location of the kitchen affects salaries. Stand-alone restaurants, for example, pay the least. In 2010, executive chefs averaged almost $66,000 a year in restaurants â $9,000 less than the average for all executive chefs, according to Star Chefs.