State comparison · 2025
Cooks, Restaurant salary: Delaware vs Massachusetts
Cooks, Restaurant in Massachusetts earn a median of $45,600. In Delaware, $37,840. After cost-of-living, the gap is 12% — not 17%.
Nominal pay gap
-17%
Delaware vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-12%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Delaware
Cooks, Restaurant
- Median
- $37,840
- p25
- $35,410
- p75
- $44,960
- p10
- $31,250
- p90
- $46,940
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 99.8
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.