State comparison · 2025
Cooks, Restaurant salary: Massachusetts vs Rhode Island
Cooks, Restaurant in Massachusetts earn a median of $45,600. In Rhode Island, $36,510. After cost-of-living, the gap is 20.8% — not 24.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+24.9%
Massachusetts vs Rhode Island
COL-adjusted gap
+20.8%
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
Rhode Island
Cooks, Restaurant
- Median
- $36,510
- p25
- $34,610
- p75
- $45,650
- p10
- $31,840
- p90
- $49,450
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.3
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.