State comparison · 2025
Chefs and Head Cooks salary: Alabama vs Rhode Island
Chefs and Head Cooks in Rhode Island earn a median of $79,930. In Alabama, $62,400. After cost-of-living, the gap is 10.1% — not 21.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-21.9%
Alabama vs Rhode Island
COL-adjusted gap
-10.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alabama
Chefs and Head Cooks
- Median
- $62,400
- p25
- $50,900
- p75
- $74,130
- p10
- $39,940
- p90
- $85,990
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.8
Rhode Island
Chefs and Head Cooks
- Median
- $79,930
- p25
- $71,630
- p75
- $96,180
- p10
- $56,680
- p90
- $127,080
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.3
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.