State comparison · 2025
Cooks, Restaurant salary: Delaware vs Washington
Cooks, Restaurant in Washington earn a median of $46,800. In Delaware, $37,840. After cost-of-living, the gap is 13.3% — not 19.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-19.1%
Delaware vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-13.3%
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
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.