State comparison · 2025
Cooks, Restaurant salary: Massachusetts vs Virginia
Cooks, Restaurant in Massachusetts earn a median of $45,600. In Virginia, $36,750. After cost-of-living, the gap is 18.6% — not 24.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+24.1%
Massachusetts vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+18.6%
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
Virginia
Cooks, Restaurant
- Median
- $36,750
- p25
- $33,270
- p75
- $42,990
- p10
- $29,340
- p90
- $45,740
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 101.1
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.