State comparison · 2025
Cooks, Restaurant salary: Arkansas vs Massachusetts
Cooks, Restaurant in Massachusetts earn a median of $45,600. In Arkansas, $30,180. After cost-of-living, the gap is 19.4% — not 33.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-33.8%
Arkansas vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-19.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arkansas
Cooks, Restaurant
- Median
- $30,180
- p25
- $28,470
- p75
- $35,410
- p10
- $26,020
- p90
- $37,140
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 86.9
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.