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.
However, it was down from the figures reported in prior surveys. Chef/owners had earned an average of $85,178 in 2008 and $85,685 in 2009. This decline in owner income reflects the difficulty of balancing the business' needs against its owner's.