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.
How much do chefs typically make? Chefs make a median wage of $42,480 per year, notes the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). This averages out to a median hourly wage of around $20.42 per hour. The top-paid chefs make more than $74,120, while the lowest-paid chefs ear less than $24,530 annually.