State comparison · 2025
Cooks, Restaurant salary: Massachusetts vs Vermont
Cooks, Restaurant in Massachusetts earn a median of $45,600. In Vermont, $45,390. After cost-of-living, the gap is 6.9% — not 0.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+0.5%
Massachusetts vs Vermont
COL-adjusted gap
-6.9%
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
Vermont
Cooks, Restaurant
- Median
- $45,390
- p25
- $37,470
- p75
- $47,340
- p10
- $31,210
- p90
- $56,180
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.0
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.