State comparison · 2025
Cooks, Restaurant salary: Colorado vs Massachusetts
Cooks, Restaurant in Massachusetts earn a median of $45,600. In Colorado, $41,600. After cost-of-living, the gap is 6.4% — not 8.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-8.8%
Colorado vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-6.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Colorado
Cooks, Restaurant
- Median
- $41,600
- p25
- $36,930
- p75
- $45,740
- p10
- $34,590
- p90
- $49,650
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.1
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.