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Chef de Cuisine H-1B LCA Filings

SOC Code: 35-1011.00
SOC Category: Chefs and Head Cooks

LCA FY2024-FY2026 · PERM FY2024-FY2025 · USCIS Employer Data Hub 2023 · BLS OEWS May 2023

Updated 2026-05-23

Chef de Cuisine (SOC 35-1011.00, Chefs and Head Cooks) appears as a limited H-1B LCA role across the available FY2024-FY2026 dataset, with 6 filing records. Filed base wages span $69,930 to $80,000 from the 10th to 90th percentile, with a median of $76,151. These are filed LCA records for this role, not visa approvals, hires, or open roles, and the figures generally exclude equity, bonus, and benefits.

Median Salary

$76,151

H-1B LCA Filings

6LCA records

Top 10% Salary

$80,000
LCA filings are not visa approvals or open roles — see why this matters
Public filing data is normalized for browsing. LCA filings are not visa approvals or job openings, PERM filings are not individual green-card success rates, and salary figures generally use the lower bound of filed wage ranges and exclude equity, bonus, and benefits.

Role Filing Pattern

Chef de Cuisine appears as a limited H-1B LCA job title in the available FY2024-FY2026 dataset, with 6 public LCA records. These filings are not visa approvals, job openings, or hiring counts.

Employer Concentration

The available records do not expose enough employer concentration for this role to summarize a top employer pattern.

Location Pattern

Filed worksites for this role are concentrated in places such as New York, NY, San Francisco, CA, and Chicago, IL. City-level wage differences can reflect seniority, worksite rules, employer mix, and local labor market differences.

Salary Caveat

The median shown here is a filed base wage signal from public LCA records. It generally excludes equity, bonus, benefits, and compensation changes after filing.

Salary Distribution (Base)

LCA filings

Quartile breakdown of filed annual base wages.

Min$69,930
P25$69,930
Median$76,151
P75$80,000
Max$80,000

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    Frequently Asked Questions

    What is the median filed H-1B LCA wage for a Chef de Cuisine?
    The median filed base salary for Chef de Cuisine H-1B LCA records is $76,151 per year.
    How many Chef de Cuisine H-1B LCA filings are in this dataset?
    There are 6 Labor Condition Applications filed for the Chef de Cuisine role in the available dataset.

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