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California State Controller's Office and Los Angeles County, CA · 2025 pay · 42 people

How much does a head cook make in California State Controller's Office and Los Angeles County, CA?

$91,738typical pay for a head cook in 2025

$81,739 – $109,823what most people earned

Includes everyone paid during 2025, including part-year workers. Typical pay rose 8.7% from 2024.

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Where head cooks work

Typical pay at each employer, 2025 (everyone paid).

Related jobs and the next step up

Same line of work at a different rank, by typical pay (full-year employees where we can tell).

  1. Assistant Cook$30,713 (everyone)
  2. Cook Lead$47,821 (everyone)
  3. Cook Assistant$50,963 (everyone)
  4. Cook Senior$55,072 (everyone)
  5. Lead Cook$64,221 (everyone)
  6. Supervising Cook$65,221 (everyone)
  7. Senior Cook$71,246 (everyone)
  8. Head Cook (this page)$91,738 (everyone)
  9. Chief Cook$99,801 (everyone)

Highest-paid head cooks, 2025

  1. 1Juan J FernandezHead Cook · Los Angeles County$202,872
  2. 2Shan SinhaHead Cook · Los Angeles County$176,715
  3. 3Pedro O EscobarHead Cook · Los Angeles County$148,912
  4. 4Jose G Lugardo CruzHead Cook · Los Angeles County$141,880
  5. 5Angelos S GhobrialHead Cook · Los Angeles County$135,581

Common questions

How much does a head cook make in California State Controller's Office and Los Angeles County, CA?

The typical head cook was paid $91,738 in 2025; most earned between $81,739 and $109,823. This counts all 42 people paid, including part-year workers.

How much of the pay is overtime?

Overtime made up 17.9% of all pay for head cooks in 2025.

Which job titles are included?

Everyone whose payroll title is Head Cook, at any level (for example "Head Cook"). Part-time-schedule titles (such as "20 hours") are left out. Senior, supervising and trainee titles have their own pages.

Job titles are written out in full from the payroll's abbreviations (for example "SR CRRECTNL POLC OFCR" → "Senior Correctional Police Officer"). "Typical pay" is the median; "most earned" is the middle half. How we calculate this