State comparison · 2025
Cooks, Restaurant salary: Illinois vs Massachusetts
Cooks, Restaurant in Massachusetts earn a median of $45,600. In Illinois, $37,580. After cost-of-living, the gap is 12.8% — not 17.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-17.6%
Illinois vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-12.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Illinois
Cooks, Restaurant
- Median
- $37,580
- p25
- $35,360
- p75
- $45,010
- p10
- $31,200
- p90
- $46,460
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 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.