State comparison · 2025
Cooks, Restaurant salary: Massachusetts vs Nebraska
Cooks, Restaurant in Massachusetts earn a median of $45,600. In Nebraska, $37,030. After cost-of-living, the gap is 4.9% — not 23.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+23.1%
Massachusetts vs Nebraska
COL-adjusted gap
+4.9%
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
Nebraska
Cooks, Restaurant
- Median
- $37,030
- p25
- $33,800
- p75
- $42,510
- p10
- $28,680
- p90
- $44,880
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
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.