State comparison · 2025
Cooks, Restaurant salary: Georgia vs Massachusetts
Cooks, Restaurant in Massachusetts earn a median of $45,600. In Georgia, $35,940. After cost-of-living, the gap is 13.4% — not 21.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-21.2%
Georgia vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-13.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Georgia
Cooks, Restaurant
- Median
- $35,940
- p25
- $29,190
- p75
- $37,840
- p10
- $24,160
- p90
- $43,210
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 96.3
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.