State comparison · 2025
Cooks, Restaurant salary: Florida vs Massachusetts
Cooks, Restaurant in Massachusetts earn a median of $45,600. In Florida, $37,020. After cost-of-living, the gap is 16.9% — not 18.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-18.8%
Florida vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-16.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Florida
Cooks, Restaurant
- Median
- $37,020
- p25
- $35,050
- p75
- $42,850
- p10
- $29,710
- p90
- $46,450
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.4
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.