From a StarChefs survey: "After four years of steady increase, executive chef salaries were hovering at $77,611 and in 2008 we saw this drop to an average of $74,869. Pastry chef salaries...have taken a 13% nosedive in 2009...male executive chefs make 18% more than female executive chefs...executive chefs get the highest salary in New York State...but Miami is the highest paying city..." [PRNewsWire]
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