State comparison · 2025
Cooks, Restaurant salary: Colorado vs Washington
Cooks, Restaurant in Washington earn a median of $46,800. In Colorado, $41,600. After cost-of-living, the gap is 7.7% — not 11.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-11.1%
Colorado vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-7.7%
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
Washington
Cooks, Restaurant
- Median
- $46,800
- p25
- $42,770
- p75
- $49,540
- p10
- $37,940
- p90
- $57,910
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.0
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.