State comparison · 2025
Cooks, Restaurant salary: Maine vs Massachusetts
Cooks, Restaurant in Massachusetts earn a median of $45,600. In Maine, $45,290. After cost-of-living, the gap is 8.2% — not 0.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-0.7%
Maine vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
+8.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Maine
Cooks, Restaurant
- Median
- $45,290
- p25
- $39,800
- p75
- $47,720
- p10
- $38,040
- p90
- $49,530
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
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.