Operations, trades and services

Chefs and Head Cooks: who sponsors, and what they pay

Every certified Labor Condition Application for this occupation in the period covered, with the wage each employer told the Department of Labor it would pay.

Certified LCAs
32
H-1B, H-1B1 and E-3
Median wage offered
$76,024
per year
Middle half earn
$65K to $90K
25th to 75th percentile
Employers filing
27

Employers filing for Chefs and Head Cooks

EmployerLCAsMedian wage
Benu LLC
San Francisco
3$120,000
Tacqueria Los Felix LLC
Miami
2$78,000
A Perfect Union, LLC
Philadelphia
2$121,000
Aura Lounge LLC
Little Falls
2$65,000
Culinary Enterprises, Inc
Capitola
1$77,084
Diego Chicago LLC
Chicago
1$62,500
Charter Oak Restaurant, LLC
St Helena
1$75,000
Winklevoss Capital Management, LLC
New York
1$160,000
Triomphe Restaurant Corp
New York
1$47,840
Furni LLC
Sunrise
1$45,000
Loto Food LLC
Weston
1$40,000
Perilla Steak LLC
Chicago
1$61,000
The Progress Provisions LLC
San Francisco
1$90,000
Rc Bistro, LLC.
Key Largo
1$106,000
Blue Bell USA LLC
Piscataway
1$76,024
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Source: US Department of Labor (OFLC) and US Citizenship and Immigration Services · OFLC disclosure data (Labor Condition Applications, PERM) and the USCIS H-1B Employer Data Hub
Data as of 30 Jun 2026 · covers LCA FY2026 Q1 to Q3; PERM FY2026 Q1 to Q3; USCIS H-1B decisions FY2024 to FY2026 · last fetched 5 Oct 2026