The pandemic has thrown the restaurant industry into turmoil with restaurants closing across the country and hundreds of thousands of restaurant workers out of work.
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How Much Is a Chef Salary in Canada | Holy Eats
Faced with a crisis of unprecedented proportions hardly anyone paid attention to the annual payroll report released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics on March 31 2020. While some of the statistics the Bureau published in its annual report are now outdated (employability figures for example) there are a few interesting statistics worth zooming in on.
Last year chefs and head chefs saw the highest wage growth in two decades. The average salary for a chef or head chef was $56310 a whopping 8% increase year-over-year or 6% increase year-over-year in real terms after accounting for inflation. This is significantly higher than the average American who saw a 2.9% increase year-over-year or just 0.66% after accounting for inflation.
The huge jump comes after four years of strong salary appreciation averaging 5%. This trend has helped chefs not only catch up but confidently surpass the average salary in America. Chefs were making $45000 in 2015 when the average wage was $48000. Fast forward to 2019 and chefs were making $56000 while the average American was making “only” $53000.
