State comparison · 2025
Chefs and Head Cooks salary: Idaho vs Rhode Island
Chefs and Head Cooks in Rhode Island earn a median of $79,930. In Idaho, $52,000. After cost-of-living, the gap is 30.3% — not 34.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-34.9%
Idaho vs Rhode Island
COL-adjusted gap
-30.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Idaho
Chefs and Head Cooks
- Median
- $52,000
- p25
- $42,330
- p75
- $66,930
- p10
- $33,590
- p90
- $83,240
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 95.5
Rhode Island
Chefs and Head Cooks
- Median
- $79,930
- p25
- $71,630
- p75
- $96,180
- p10
- $56,680
- p90
- $127,080
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.3
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.