State comparison · 2025
Chefs and Head Cooks salary: Mississippi vs Rhode Island
Chefs and Head Cooks in Rhode Island earn a median of $79,930. In Mississippi, $54,850. After cost-of-living, the gap is 19.3% — not 31.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-31.4%
Mississippi vs Rhode Island
COL-adjusted gap
-19.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Mississippi
Chefs and Head Cooks
- Median
- $54,850
- p25
- $37,180
- p75
- $76,350
- p10
- $30,900
- p90
- $83,850
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.0
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.