State comparison · 2025
Cooks, Restaurant salary: Massachusetts vs Nevada
Cooks, Restaurant in Massachusetts earn a median of $45,600. In Nevada, $38,610. After cost-of-living, the gap is 11.6% — not 18.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+18.1%
Massachusetts vs Nevada
COL-adjusted gap
+11.6%
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
Nevada
Cooks, Restaurant
- Median
- $38,610
- p25
- $36,530
- p75
- $47,170
- p10
- $30,300
- p90
- $56,540
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
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.