State comparison · 2025
Cooks, Restaurant salary: Alaska vs Massachusetts
Cooks, Restaurant in Massachusetts earn a median of $45,600. In Alaska, $40,140. After cost-of-living, the gap is 9.1% — not 12%.
Nominal pay gap
-12%
Alaska vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-9.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alaska
Cooks, Restaurant
- Median
- $40,140
- p25
- $36,820
- p75
- $44,110
- p10
- $36,230
- p90
- $46,800
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.4
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.