How much do Chefs and Head Cooks make in Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC?

Percentile spread

For Chefs and Head Cooks, the published 10th percentile is $42,450 and the 90th percentile is $90,010. The difference is $47,560, which is 69.9% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $51,510 to the 75th at $75,590, covers $24,080.

The mean annual wage is $67,300, which sits below the median of $68,070. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC median is 9% higher than the national median of $62,470 for Chefs and Head Cooks. In 2024 national prices the local median is $74,067, which is 18.6% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 2.8% higher than the Georgia median of $66,230.

Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC covers more than one state. The state comparison uses Georgia, the primary state on the BLS area record.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC is 91.903, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $68,070 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Chefs and Head Cooks at $74,067 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

25 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Chefs and Head Cooks. Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC ranks 9th of 26 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

• Columbia, SC is 69 miles away, with a median of $69,820 and employment of 280. That median is 2.6% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $74,545, against $74,067 here.
• Athens-Clarke County, GA is 78 miles away, with a median of $50,330 and employment of 60. That median is 26.1% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $53,919, against $74,067 here.
• Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC is 88 miles away, with a median of $69,680 and employment of 360. That median is 2.4% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $74,716, against $74,067 here.

Employment share

Chefs and Head Cooks accounts for 0.10% of wage-and-salary employment in Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC (230 of 231,930). Nationally the occupation is 0.13% of employment (200,040 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.77 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.