State comparison · 2025
Cooks, Restaurant salary: Massachusetts vs Wyoming
Cooks, Restaurant in Massachusetts earn a median of $45,600. In Wyoming, $36,830. After cost-of-living, the gap is 8.5% — not 23.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+23.8%
Massachusetts vs Wyoming
COL-adjusted gap
+8.5%
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
Wyoming
Cooks, Restaurant
- Median
- $36,830
- p25
- $29,440
- p75
- $43,060
- p10
- $27,850
- p90
- $52,530
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.7
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.