State comparison · 2025
Cooks, Restaurant salary: Indiana vs Massachusetts
Cooks, Restaurant in Massachusetts earn a median of $45,600. In Indiana, $35,170. After cost-of-living, the gap is 12.5% — not 22.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-22.9%
Indiana vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-12.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Indiana
Cooks, Restaurant
- Median
- $35,170
- p25
- $28,650
- p75
- $37,590
- p10
- $26,000
- p90
- $44,190
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.3
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.