State comparison · 2025
Chefs and Head Cooks salary: Kansas vs Rhode Island
Chefs and Head Cooks in Rhode Island earn a median of $79,930. In Kansas, $58,390. After cost-of-living, the gap is 17.1% — not 26.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-26.9%
Kansas vs Rhode Island
COL-adjusted gap
-17.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Kansas
Chefs and Head Cooks
- Median
- $58,390
- p25
- $43,990
- p75
- $74,990
- p10
- $36,540
- p90
- $89,990
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
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.