Chef Salary in San Diego, CA

San Diego, California, United States

Oct 23, 2026, 13:50 UTC

Median Salary

$46.5Kmedian posted base

$36.2K$95K

Typical range: $40.7K – $52K

Hiring Velocity

− 6%

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354

Open positions in SD

206 postings with employer-disclosed pay

Every number on this page is computed from pay ranges published on live job postings, indexed directly from company career pages. Not self-reported.

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Where this data comes from

Salary figures are extracted from ranges employers publish on live postings. Every data point traces back to its source. Read the methodology

230k+

Career pages indexed

Direct from company sites and 80+ ATS platforms. No aggregators, no recycled feeds.

Expired listings drop out within hours, so ranges reflect the market right now.

1–2 hr

From posting to indexed

How much does a Chef make in San Diego?

Statistics are computed on range midpoints of live postings that disclose pay, counting each employer once. Figures are annual, in USD.

Posted salary distribution

Share of employers by posted base salary (each employer counts once) · 206 postings from 82 employers

$36.2K$65.6K$95K

Salary by years of experience

Median posted base, parsed from posting requirements

Posted salary percentiles

Base salary across employers

Percentile	Base Salary
10th	$37,440
25th	$40,706
50th (median)	$46,478
75th	$52,000
90th	$70,000

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Trends & market signals

Real history, with a short projection that follows the recent trend.

Hiring velocity

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Job Count Trend & Projection

Open jobs at each recompute, with a projection of the last four weeks' trend.

Salary Trend

Median posted salary at each recompute, with a projection of the recent trend. The line restarts when the method changes.

The salary trend starts building at the next recompute (every 3 days).

Live postings with disclosed pay

A sample of the postings behind these numbers. Every listing links to the employer source.

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FAQ

Frequently asked questions

The median posted base salary for a Chef in San Diego is $46,478, with a typical range of $40,706 to $52,000. These figures are computed from 206 live job postings from 82 employers that disclose pay, counting each employer once.

Postings asking for 0 to 1 years of experience disclose a median base salary of $43,628, across 54 employers in San Diego.

Postings asking for 5 to 7 years of experience disclose a median base salary of $67,600 in San Diego, across 9 employers.

Among companies currently hiring, Sheraton San Diego publishes the highest ranges at $120,000 to $130,000 base, followed by RGH-Global Limited at $100,000 to $120,000. These figures come from live postings, so they change as companies open and close roles.

Sources are scanned 12 to 24 times per day. Statistics on this page are recomputed every 3 days from live postings, and expired listings are removed within hours.

Yes. The statistics on this page are served by the Hirebase Insights API, and the underlying postings are available through the Jobs Data API and bulk Export API.

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Chef Salary in San Diego, CA