State comparison · 2025
Cooks, Restaurant salary: Arizona vs Massachusetts
Cooks, Restaurant in Massachusetts earn a median of $45,600. In Arizona, $38,670. After cost-of-living, the gap is 10.9% — not 15.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-15.2%
Arizona vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-10.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arizona
Cooks, Restaurant
- Median
- $38,670
- p25
- $36,200
- p75
- $44,870
- p10
- $33,250
- p90
- $46,240
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.7
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.