State comparison · 2025
Chefs and Head Cooks salary: Missouri vs Rhode Island
Chefs and Head Cooks in Rhode Island earn a median of $79,930. In Missouri, $64,480. After cost-of-living, the gap is 9.1% — not 19.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-19.3%
Missouri vs Rhode Island
COL-adjusted gap
-9.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Missouri
Chefs and Head Cooks
- Median
- $64,480
- p25
- $49,550
- p75
- $76,520
- p10
- $39,650
- p90
- $91,500
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.8
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.