State comparison · 2025
Cooks, Restaurant salary: Massachusetts vs Minnesota
Cooks, Restaurant in Massachusetts earn a median of $45,600. In Minnesota, $38,590. After cost-of-living, the gap is 10.1% — not 18.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+18.2%
Massachusetts vs Minnesota
COL-adjusted gap
+10.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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
Minnesota
Cooks, Restaurant
- Median
- $38,590
- p25
- $36,020
- p75
- $45,360
- p10
- $31,280
- p90
- $47,850
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.6
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.