State comparison · 2025
Chefs and Head Cooks salary: Colorado vs Rhode Island
Chefs and Head Cooks in Rhode Island earn a median of $79,930. In Colorado, $65,400. After cost-of-living, the gap is 18.8% — not 18.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-18.2%
Colorado vs Rhode Island
COL-adjusted gap
-18.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Colorado
Chefs and Head Cooks
- Median
- $65,400
- p25
- $58,220
- p75
- $79,420
- p10
- $46,330
- p90
- $93,270
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.1
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.