State comparison · 2025
Cooks, Restaurant salary: Massachusetts vs Missouri
Cooks, Restaurant in Massachusetts earn a median of $45,600. In Missouri, $36,940. After cost-of-living, the gap is 5.9% — not 23.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+23.4%
Massachusetts vs Missouri
COL-adjusted gap
+5.9%
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
Missouri
Cooks, Restaurant
- Median
- $36,940
- p25
- $30,790
- p75
- $42,720
- p10
- $28,890
- p90
- $46,970
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.8
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.