State comparison · 2025
Cooks, Restaurant salary: Massachusetts vs Oklahoma
Cooks, Restaurant in Massachusetts earn a median of $45,600. In Oklahoma, $31,720. After cost-of-living, the gap is 19.3% — not 43.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+43.8%
Massachusetts vs Oklahoma
COL-adjusted gap
+19.3%
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
Oklahoma
Cooks, Restaurant
- Median
- $31,720
- p25
- $28,670
- p75
- $37,470
- p10
- $22,850
- p90
- $44,170
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
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.