State comparison · 2025
Chefs and Head Cooks salary: Kentucky vs Rhode Island
Chefs and Head Cooks in Rhode Island earn a median of $79,930. In Kentucky, $48,070. After cost-of-living, the gap is 31.8% — not 39.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-39.9%
Kentucky vs Rhode Island
COL-adjusted gap
-31.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Kentucky
Chefs and Head Cooks
- Median
- $48,070
- p25
- $36,850
- p75
- $66,770
- p10
- $31,550
- p90
- $88,410
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.2
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.