State comparison · 2025
Cooks, Restaurant salary: Idaho vs Washington
Cooks, Restaurant in Washington earn a median of $46,800. In Idaho, $36,440. After cost-of-living, the gap is 12.8% — not 22.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-22.1%
Idaho vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-12.8%
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
Washington
Cooks, Restaurant
- Median
- $46,800
- p25
- $42,770
- p75
- $49,540
- p10
- $37,940
- p90
- $57,910
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.0
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.