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Chefs and Head Cooks
Direct and may participate in the preparation, seasoning, and cooking of salads, soups, fish, meats, vegetables, desserts, or other foods. May plan and price menu items, order supplies, and keep records and accounts.
What a chefs and head cook does
Become a chefs and head cook
If you enjoy doing these activities, you might make a good chefs and head cook
- Keeping track of how well people and/or groups are doing in order to make improvements.
- Talking to others.
- Changing what is done based on other people's actions.
- Understanding people's reactions.
- Managing your time and the time of other people.
- Selecting and managing the best workers for a job.
Discover what you could earn in Washington
- Average hourly rate is $32 per hour with an average salary of $66,300 per year.
- Half of workers earn between $25 and $37 per hour.
- Half of workers earn an annual salary between $52,400 and $76,300 per year.
Chefs And Head Cook job outlook
- There are 3,697 workers in this occupation in Washington.
- There are 490 openings per year in this occupation in Washington.