State comparison · 2025
Chefs and Head Cooks salary: Illinois vs Rhode Island
Chefs and Head Cooks in Rhode Island earn a median of $79,930. In Illinois, $58,830. After cost-of-living, the gap is 24.7% — not 26.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-26.4%
Illinois vs Rhode Island
COL-adjusted gap
-24.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Illinois
Chefs and Head Cooks
- Median
- $58,830
- p25
- $50,000
- p75
- $73,620
- p10
- $40,330
- p90
- $88,420
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 0%
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.