State comparison · 2025
Cooks, Restaurant salary: Maryland vs Massachusetts
Cooks, Restaurant in Massachusetts earn a median of $45,600. In Maryland, $37,820. After cost-of-living, the gap is 16.4% — not 17.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-17.1%
Maryland vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-16.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Maryland
Cooks, Restaurant
- Median
- $37,820
- p25
- $36,520
- p75
- $43,980
- p10
- $35,030
- p90
- $47,840
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.0
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.