According to industry insiders, Xi'an large private hotel executive chef annual salary of 150,000 to 200,000 yuan (excluding dividends), which works out to be a monthly salary of about 13,000 yuan, plus the end of the year dividends can be 300,000 yuan, and some joint-venture hotels chef a year and also receive 14 months of salary. Some good efficiency of the hotel, plus the end of the year 2% or so of the dividends, the chef can earn 500,000 yuan a year, but some state-owned catering enterprises chef annual income of only 60,000 to 70,000 yuan or so, the chef's total income of about 250,000 yuan a year more. Xi'an Hotel and Catering Industry Association President Gao Weiping, chef belongs to the skilled workers, income is higher than the service personnel is more normal. According to his understanding, the monthly income of tens of thousands of chefs mostly have more than ten years of work experience.