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Every metal has a definite work function . Why do all photoelectrons not come out with the same energy if incident radiation is monochromatic ? Why is there an energy distribution of photoelectrons ?

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Because all the electrons in the metal do not belong to same level but they occupy a continous band of levels , therefore for the given incident radiation , electrons come out come from different levels with different energies . .
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