State comparison · 2025
Cooks, Restaurant salary: Massachusetts vs Wisconsin
Cooks, Restaurant in Massachusetts earn a median of $45,600. In Wisconsin, $36,550. After cost-of-living, the gap is 11% — not 24.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+24.8%
Massachusetts vs Wisconsin
COL-adjusted gap
+11%
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
Wisconsin
Cooks, Restaurant
- Median
- $36,550
- p25
- $31,240
- p75
- $40,280
- p10
- $28,010
- p90
- $46,270
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.1
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.