State comparison · 2025
Cooks, Restaurant salary: Alabama vs Massachusetts
Cooks, Restaurant in Massachusetts earn a median of $45,600. In Alabama, $32,180. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15.9% — not 29.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-29.4%
Alabama vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-15.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alabama
Cooks, Restaurant
- Median
- $32,180
- p25
- $28,930
- p75
- $36,220
- p10
- $24,170
- p90
- $39,220
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.8
Massachusetts
Cooks, Restaurant
- Median
- $45,600
- p25
- $38,370
- p75
- $49,040
- p10
- $36,540
- p90
- $58,590
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. Cost-of-living adjustment from BEA Regional Price Parities (overall index). Hiring velocity from DOL OFLC public disclosure data, recent 180 days vs prior. See methodology.