State comparison · 2025
Cooks, Restaurant salary: Idaho vs Massachusetts
Cooks, Restaurant in Massachusetts earn a median of $45,600. In Idaho, $36,440. After cost-of-living, the gap is 11.5% — not 20.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-20.1%
Idaho vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-11.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Idaho
Cooks, Restaurant
- Median
- $36,440
- p25
- $29,850
- p75
- $42,450
- p10
- $25,470
- p90
- $47,020
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 95.5
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.