State comparison · 2025
Cooks, Restaurant salary: Massachusetts vs Oregon
Cooks, Restaurant in Massachusetts earn a median of $45,600. In Oregon, $43,100. After cost-of-living, the gap is 3.4% — not 5.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+5.8%
Massachusetts vs Oregon
COL-adjusted gap
+3.4%
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
Oregon
Cooks, Restaurant
- Median
- $43,100
- p25
- $38,030
- p75
- $47,730
- p10
- $36,080
- p90
- $58,280
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.4
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.