Chefs and Head Cooks · SOC 35-1011
Chef and Head Cook Salary in the Wasatch Front Fringe Utah nonmetropolitan area
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Wasatch Front Fringe Utah nonmetropolitan area
Figures describe the Wasatch Front Fringe Utah nonmetropolitan area, a BLS-defined region outside metropolitan areas — not a single city or town.
Chefs and Head Cooks in the Wasatch Front Fringe Utah nonmetropolitan area earned a median of $68,690 per year ($33.03 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $43,210 at the 10th percentile to $101,150 at the 90th. BLS estimates 150 people work in this occupation in the area.
Pay distribution
Half of Chefs and Head Cooks in the Wasatch Front Fringe Utah nonmetropolitan area earn more than $68,690 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $58,000 and $77,170.
| Wage | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $43,210 | $58,000 | $68,690 | $77,170 | $101,150 |
| Hourly | $20.77 | $27.89 | $33.03 | $37.10 | $48.63 |
A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.
How this area compares
- Wasatch Front Fringe Utah nonmetropolitan area$68,690 median for Wasatch Front Fringe Utah nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $58,000 to $77,170
- Utahstate$59,060 median for Utah; middle half earns $41,750 to $75,830
- United Statesnational$62,470 median for United States; middle half earns $48,440 to $78,750
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is +16% vs Utah overall and +10% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Other metro areas in Utah
Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for chefs and head cooks, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
- Wasatch Front Fringe Utah nonmetropolitan areathis page$68,690 median for Wasatch Front Fringe Utah nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $58,000 to $77,170
- $60,030 median for Salt Lake City metro area; middle half earns $42,530 to $77,900
- $57,540 median for Provo metro area; middle half earns $28,870 to $70,990
- $54,260 median for Ogden metro area; middle half earns $41,350 to $74,500
- $51,220 median for Logan metro area; middle half earns $37,700 to $72,130
- $46,610 median for St. George metro area; middle half earns $28,290 to $70,310
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
Keep exploring
Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:
Highest-paying metro areas for chef and head cooks · Highest-paying occupations in Wasatch Front Fringe Utah nonmetropolitan area
About this estimate
These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.
Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology.
About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.