State comparison · 2025
Cooks, Restaurant salary: Iowa vs Massachusetts
Cooks, Restaurant in Massachusetts earn a median of $45,600. In Iowa, $35,670. After cost-of-living, the gap is 5.7% — not 21.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-21.8%
Iowa vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-5.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Iowa
Cooks, Restaurant
- Median
- $35,670
- p25
- $30,360
- p75
- $38,180
- p10
- $28,690
- p90
- $44,460
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
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.