👨‍🍳 What chefs make in New York City

Typical pay

$36.06/hr

$24–$50.48 an hour

Chef pay by neighborhood

Flushing · Queens$48.08/hr Sunnyside · Queens$42.07/hr Long Island City · Queens$40.87/hr Mott Haven · Bronx$40/hr Financial District · Manhattan$38.46/hr Tribeca · Manhattan$38.46/hr SoHo · Manhattan$38.46/hr Chinatown · Manhattan$38.46/hr Murray Hill · Manhattan$36.06/hr Hell’s Kitchen · Manhattan$36.06/hr Flatiron · Manhattan$35.58/hr Chelsea · Manhattan$35.58/hr Midtown · Manhattan$35.58/hr Gramercy · Manhattan$34.86/hr East Village · Manhattan$34.38/hr West Village · Manhattan$34.38/hr Fordham · Bronx$33.65/hr Forest Hills · Queens$31.59/hr

From the pay posted on live New York City restaurant listings, updated daily. Typical = the middle; the range runs from the lower tenth to the top tenth. Yearly salaries shown per hour (÷ 2,080).