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What chefs and cooks make
Median
$48,000
Lower end
$33,000
Upper end
$68,000
These are Job Bank's figures for chefs across Canada (2023 to 2024): $16.03 an hour at the low end, $23.00 median and $32.69 at the high end, about $33,000, $48,000 and $68,000 a year at 40 hours a week. Cooks are a separate group, with a median of $18.00 an hour, about $37,000 a year.