Cook & Chef salary across Europe (2026)
Highest median pay for Cook & Chef roles: Germany at €30,500. Lowest: France at €24,500 — a gap of about 25%. Medians from live job ads across 2 countries.
Median Cook & Chef salary by country
- Germany€30,500
Typical range €28,000–€37,000 · 64 ads
- France€24,500
Typical range €21,500–€27,500 · 414 ads
Gross advertised pay per year. Each bar is the median of that country's job ads.
Frequently asked questions
- Where do Cook & Chefs earn the most in Europe?
- Highest median: Germany, about €30,500 per year. Lowest: France at €24,500 — roughly a 25% gap. Figures are medians of advertised pay from live job ads.
- What is the median Cook & Chef salary by country?
- Median advertised pay per year — Germany €30,500; France €24,500.
- How is this salary data calculated?
- We parse the advertised pay from 478 real job vacancies, take the most recent postings and report the median and the 25th–75th percentile range. It is advertised gross annual pay in EUR — not a survey, and not an offer.
How we calculate this
Medians are parsed from 478 live job ads that disclose pay, across 2 countries. Figures are gross annual advertised salaries, rounded for display — indicative benchmarks, not offers.