Of the 35,080 culinary professionals employed in Wisconsin, 8,230 work in Milwaukee. There has been a 14% decline in the number of culinary professionals in Milwaukee between the years 2006 and 2010. As the number of culinary professionals in Milwaukee has decreased, overall employment in Milwaukee has increased.

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Salaries for culinary professionals in Milwaukee have increased. In 2010 culinary professionals in Milwaukee reportedly earned an average salary of $25,472 per year. Four years earlier in 2006, culinary professionals in Milwaukee made an average salary of $23,650 per year. The growth in the salary of culinary professionals in Milwaukee is slower than the salary trend for all careers in the city.

Culinary professionals in Milwaukee make a median yearly salary of $24,814. The difference in pay between the culinary professionals in the lowest pay bracket and those in the highest pay bracket is approximately 105%. Those in the lowest 10% of the pay bracket earn less than $16,878 per year, while those in the highest 10% of the pay bracket earn more than $34,522 per year.

Milwaukee culinary professionals have earnings that are lower than the salaries earned by others in related fields, on average.

There is only one accredited culinary school in the city. Many of Milwaukee's culinary professionals are graduates of this school.

There are a total of 4 degree and certificate programs in culinary offered by Milwaukee's culinary schools.

In 2010 approximately 30 students graduated from culinary courses.