State comparison · 2025
Cooks, Restaurant salary: Louisiana vs Massachusetts
Cooks, Restaurant in Massachusetts earn a median of $45,600. In Louisiana, $29,050. After cost-of-living, the gap is 23.6% — not 36.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-36.3%
Louisiana vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-23.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Louisiana
Cooks, Restaurant
- Median
- $29,050
- p25
- $25,860
- p75
- $35,960
- p10
- $21,970
- p90
- $39,540
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.2
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.