Starting from the bottom with zero experience, a steward can make $45,000 while the camp boss at the top makes $65,000. If you are the cook on an offshore oil rig, you can easily earn $59,000 a year.

Compare this against the industry average of $32,650 for a head chef (reported by the US Department of Labor).

Fast food - a line cook working in Washington is paid $22,000.

Hotels and restaurants - food preparers get an average of $12,000, assistant cooks get $20,000 while the executive (chief) chef of a 5-star restaurant gets $100,000.

Catering/retail - the executive chef makes $45,000 while his assistants earn $20,000 to $25,000.

Offshore catering jobs certainly pay well, don't they? Even a steward with no experience makes more money than many chefs.

Do you have any experience as a cook? If yes, you should think about finding offshore catering jobs. Jobs on oil rigs are famous for paying double what you would normally earn in another industry. And if you have never worked as a cook in the past? Then why not try for an entry level position like a steward? In the rest of this article, we will cover: