State comparison · 2025
Chefs and Head Cooks salary: California vs Rhode Island
Chefs and Head Cooks in Rhode Island earn a median of $79,930. In California, $64,500. After cost-of-living, the gap is 25.4% — not 19.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-19.3%
California vs Rhode Island
COL-adjusted gap
-25.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
California
Chefs and Head Cooks
- Median
- $64,500
- p25
- $46,320
- p75
- $81,040
- p10
- $37,380
- p90
- $101,870
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +29%
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.