State comparison · 2025
Cooks, Restaurant salary: Massachusetts vs Ohio
Cooks, Restaurant in Massachusetts earn a median of $45,600. In Ohio, $35,540. After cost-of-living, the gap is 12.5% — not 28.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+28.3%
Massachusetts vs Ohio
COL-adjusted gap
+12.5%
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
Ohio
Cooks, Restaurant
- Median
- $35,540
- p25
- $29,520
- p75
- $37,920
- p10
- $27,590
- p90
- $44,940
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.8
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.