State comparison · 2025
Chefs and Head Cooks salary: Minnesota vs Rhode Island
Chefs and Head Cooks in Rhode Island earn a median of $79,930. In Minnesota, $62,600. After cost-of-living, the gap is 18.7% — not 21.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-21.7%
Minnesota vs Rhode Island
COL-adjusted gap
-18.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Minnesota
Chefs and Head Cooks
- Median
- $62,600
- p25
- $53,050
- p75
- $75,960
- p10
- $48,400
- p90
- $95,890
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.6
Rhode Island
Chefs and Head Cooks
- Median
- $79,930
- p25
- $71,630
- p75
- $96,180
- p10
- $56,680
- p90
- $127,080
- 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.