Sushi Chef Demographics and Statistics in the US – 2024 

Want to learn Sushi Chef statistics and demographics in the United States? You came to the right place. 

Keep reading to find out about Sushi Chef salaries, where they work, how educated they are and more. 

• The average Sushi Chef salary in the United States is $58,909 per year 
• The salary of Sushi Chefs in Miami is $45,586 per year on average 
• Sushi Chefs in New York City can expect to earn $53,080 per year on average 
• 79% of all Sushi Chefs are men 
• 56% of all Sushi Chefs are older than 40 years 

Sushi Chef Employment Statistics 

There are currently 17,846 Sushi Chefs employed in the United States. 

Sushi Chef Gender Statistics 

21% of all Sushi Chefs are women. 

Sushi Chefs Age Statistics 

Most Sushi Chefs are older than 40, while 28% of them are between 30 and 40 years old. 

Sushi Chefs Ethnicity and Race Statistics 

The majority of Sushi Chefs working in the United States are White, followed by 26% of them who are Asian and 20% of them who are Hispanic or Latino. 

Explore the breakdown of Sushi Chefs across the U.S. in the below graph.  

Sushi Chef Education Statistics 

While the requirements for a Sushi Chef role don’t include higher education, Most Sushi Chefs have a bachelor’s degree followed by 26% who have an associate’s degree and 25% who have a high school diploma. 

Sushi Chef Tenure Statistics 

The majority of Sushi Chefs stay with the same employer for up to one or two years. 

That said, 7% of them stay with the same company for more than eight years. 

Below you can see the breakdown of Sushi Chef statistics according to tenure. 

Sushi Chef Jobs by Company Size 

Sushi Chefs can work in restaurants, hotels, resorts or other hospitality settings. 

As such, the size of their employers can greatly vary. 

For example, while 7% of Sushi Chefs work for companies that employ less than 50 people, 27% of them work for companies that employ more than 10,000 individuals. 

Sushi Chef Languages Spoken    

Aside from English, most Sushi Chefs working in the U.S. who speak a second language know Spanish (32%) and Japanese (15%).  

See what other second languages Sushi Chefs speak in the graph below. 

Additional Sushi Chef Statistics 

• 40% of all Sushi Chefs are White 

• 40% of all Sushi Chefs have a bachelor’s degree 

• 38% of Sushi Chefs stay with the same employer for up to two years 

• 38% of Sushi Chefs work in companies that employ up to 1,000 people 

• The District of Columbia is the highest-paid location for Sushi Chefs 

Sushi Chef Statistics and Demographics Data 

We use government and agency websites, along with our own data, to create the demographics and statistics pages. 

See what we do on our statistics and demographics methodology page. 

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