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.
According to BLS, the highest paid chefs in the country earn more than $70,960 per year. According to a salary survey on StarChefs.com, five-star chefs in New York City earned an average of $101,500 per year in 2009.Across the country, other large metropolitan areas had similar earnings.he U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics lists the average salary of chefs at $40,630 per year. Five-star chefs work in the top restaurants in the world and generally earn substantially more than the industry average.