California State Controller's Office · 2025 pay · 24 people
How much does a lead cook make in California State Controller's Office?
$64,221typical pay for a lead cook in 2025
$53,648 – $87,470what most people earned
Includes everyone paid during 2025, including part-year workers. Typical pay rose 10.0% from 2024.
✓ Official data from California State Controller's Office · Matches the agency's latest release · sco.ca.gov ↗✓ Official data from California State Controller's Office · Matches the agency's latest release · sco.ca.gov ↗
Where lead cooks work
Typical pay at each employer, 2025 (everyone paid).
- Contra Costa County13 people$87,461
- San Bernardino County3 people$55,053
- Plumas Hospital District2 people$25,972
- Lompoc Hospital District2 people$55,772
- Seneca Hospital District1 person$57,081
- Pioneers Memorial Hospital District1 person$19,064
- Imperial Valley Healthcare District1 person$39,870
- Sonoma Valley Healthcare District1 person$59,627
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).
- Assistant Cook$30,713 (everyone)
- Cook Lead$47,821 (everyone)
- Cook Assistant$50,963 (everyone)
- Cook Senior$55,072 (everyone)
- Lead Cook (this page)$64,221 (everyone)
- Supervising Cook$65,221 (everyone)
- Senior Cook$71,246 (everyone)
- Head Cook$91,738 (everyone)
- Chief Cook$99,801 (everyone)
Highest-paid lead cooks, 2025
Common questions
How much does a lead cook make in California State Controller's Office?
The typical lead cook was paid $64,221 in 2025; most earned between $53,648 and $87,470. This counts all 24 people paid, including part-year workers.
How much of the pay is overtime?
Overtime made up 9.3% of all pay for lead cooks in 2025.
Which job titles are included?
Everyone whose payroll title is Lead Cook, at any level (for example "Lead 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