State comparison · 2025
Cooks, Restaurant salary: Hawaii vs Massachusetts
Cooks, Restaurant in Massachusetts earn a median of $45,600. In Hawaii, $45,420. After cost-of-living, the gap is 4.2% — not 0.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-0.4%
Hawaii vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-4.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Hawaii
Cooks, Restaurant
- Median
- $45,420
- p25
- $37,260
- p75
- $55,550
- p10
- $35,740
- p90
- $65,320
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.0
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.