State comparison · 2025
Cooks, Restaurant salary: Mississippi vs Washington
Cooks, Restaurant in Washington earn a median of $46,800. In Mississippi, $29,560. After cost-of-living, the gap is 22.3% — not 36.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-36.8%
Mississippi vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-22.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Mississippi
Cooks, Restaurant
- Median
- $29,560
- p25
- $26,000
- p75
- $33,940
- p10
- $22,010
- p90
- $36,880
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.0
Washington
Cooks, Restaurant
- Median
- $46,800
- p25
- $42,770
- p75
- $49,540
- p10
- $37,940
- p90
- $57,910
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.0
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.