Career Advice >> Browse Articles >> Finding a Job
Top 25 Cities for Culinary Jobs
Photo: Franco Folini | CreativeCommons
Anna Hennings, Tania Khadder, Adam Starr, Alice Handley, Eric Dahl, Jacky Hayward | Chef's Blade
#17. Austin, TX
Population: 743,074
Average Chef Salary: $46,000
Cost of Living Rank (in a 1-100 list): 51
Average Commute Time: 21.9 minutes
Job Growth Rank (in a list of 372 Highest Growth Cities): 6
Unemployment Rate: 6.3
Austin has enjoyed a recent explosion of high-tech entrepreneurism, and its two largest employers — the state government and the University of Texas — are expected to add a couple thousand jobs this year. And Austin Cuisine has everything from Creole to Hawaiian Fusion to traditional Italian. One of the many Texas cities that continues to be resilient even in these tough times.
