State comparison · 2025
Cooks, Restaurant salary: Connecticut vs Massachusetts
Cooks, Restaurant in Massachusetts earn a median of $45,600. In Connecticut, $39,480. After cost-of-living, the gap is 11.6% — not 13.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-13.4%
Connecticut vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-11.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Connecticut
Cooks, Restaurant
- Median
- $39,480
- p25
- $37,060
- p75
- $45,950
- p10
- $35,460
- p90
- $49,420
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.6
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.