State comparison · 2025
Cooks, Restaurant salary: California vs Massachusetts
Cooks, Restaurant in Massachusetts earn a median of $45,600. In California, $44,880. After cost-of-living, the gap is 5.9% — not 1.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-1.6%
California vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-5.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
California
Cooks, Restaurant
- Median
- $44,880
- p25
- $38,590
- p75
- $47,330
- p10
- $37,100
- p90
- $55,580
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -40%
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.