What pays better? working as a chef or a nurse? and which would take longer?

Question

What pays better? working as a chef or a nurse? and which would take longer?

Answer 1

A chef working in a very upscale restaurant can make more than a nurse but this sort of a position does not come up often. There is very stiff competition for jobs like that. Educationally, it takes on average one year for basic chef's papers. If you want to specialize in other things, it will take longer. Some love the long hours that chefs work because they love the job. Others prefer the standard 8 hour weekday shift and end up leaving the profession. You have to decide what works for you.

Nursing took my cousins 3-4 years. They chose to work on the "female floors" like maternity ward because they were tired of being harassed by perverted male patients. Physically it is tough work when you deal with heavy people and you have to clean up their vomit, poop and pee. But for many it is their life's passion so you may well thrive in this kind of an environment.

Answer 2

Being those are two different things there are going to be two totally different sides to the answer, if you want to earn money right when you graduate and get paid 30k a year off the bat for for the nursing but if you want to gradually work towards something go culinary. Chef's get paid a lot of money once they become an executive chef but that takes twenty years. Beginning chefs get paid horrible wages and work between 40-90 hours a week, always on their feet. The choice is yours, work your *** off for nothing or get paid more to start.

Answer 3

It's not even close, and that's an understatement. Nurses make way more money, with way better benefits with way less stress. Becoming a chef is almost like becoming a priest. You have to really, really enjoy it and you have to devote your life to it.

Answer 4

Nurse by far and will only get better as the population ages. It also takes much longer to become a chef. To work yourself up to a decent chef position takes decades. The person the answered that is going to CIA will have a student loan debt of about 40,000 when she gets out and will only be making 9 to 12 a hour. You can go to nursing school and there are many program available to go at a reduced rate. You can also have your loans paid off if you practice nursing in a high demand region of the US

Answer 5

Nursing hands down,



for a chef = hot kitchen, 70+ hrs a week or



for a nurse = 3 on, 3 off, very clean work area



and have you seen the pay scale for nursing lately :)



thinking of going into the Med field my self

Answer 6

Nursing pays way better than a chef. Nursing school is a 4 yr program for an R.N. vs what? for a chef.

Answer 7

Becoming a nurse would take much longer. I don't know what pays better. I am going to college to become a chef at CIA (culinary institute of America). I think both would benefit you, but I think becoming a chef would be more beneficial