State comparison · 2025
Cooks, Restaurant salary: Kansas vs Massachusetts
Cooks, Restaurant in Massachusetts earn a median of $45,600. In Kansas, $35,130. After cost-of-living, the gap is 9.5% — not 23%.
Nominal pay gap
-23%
Kansas vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-9.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Kansas
Cooks, Restaurant
- Median
- $35,130
- p25
- $29,690
- p75
- $37,440
- p10
- $26,120
- p90
- $44,540
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
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.