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.
People with 10 to 20 years of experience make an average of about $62K in this role. In the end, the overall pattern seems to be that more experience generally corresponds to higher pay; a Private Chef with more than 20 years of experience can earn $64K on average.