State comparison · 2025
Cooks, Restaurant salary: Massachusetts vs Pennsylvania
Cooks, Restaurant in Massachusetts earn a median of $45,600. In Pennsylvania, $36,580. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15% — not 24.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+24.7%
Massachusetts vs Pennsylvania
COL-adjusted gap
+15%
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
Pennsylvania
Cooks, Restaurant
- Median
- $36,580
- p25
- $29,890
- p75
- $39,710
- p10
- $22,650
- p90
- $45,120
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.6
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.