How much do Chefs and Head Cooks make in Vallejo, CA?

Percentile spread

For Chefs and Head Cooks, the published 10th percentile is $39,890 and the 90th percentile is $97,210. The difference is $57,320, which is 90.7% 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 $47,430 to the 75th at $79,390, covers $31,960.

The mean annual wage is $68,430, which sits above the median of $63,230. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Vallejo, CA median is 1.2% higher than the national median of $62,470 for Chefs and Head Cooks. In 2024 national prices the local median is $58,288, which is 6.7% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 2% lower than the California median of $64,500.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Vallejo, CA is 108.479, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $63,230 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Chefs and Head Cooks at $58,288 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

16 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Chefs and Head Cooks. Vallejo, CA ranks 6th of 17 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).).

• Napa, CA is 27 miles away, with a median of $78,960 and employment of 300. That median is 24.9% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $70,153, against $58,288 here.
• San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA is 39 miles away, with a median of $68,970 and employment of 5,340. That median is 9.1% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $59,656, against $58,288 here.
• Stockton-Lodi, CA is 43 miles away, with a median of $55,210 and employment of 320. That median is 12.7% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $52,536, against $58,288 here.

Employment share

Chefs and Head Cooks accounts for 0.12% of wage-and-salary employment in Vallejo, CA (170 of 144,130). Nationally the occupation is 0.13% of employment (200,040 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.92 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.