State comparison · 2025
Cooks, Restaurant salary: Missouri vs Washington
Cooks, Restaurant in Washington earn a median of $46,800. In Missouri, $36,940. After cost-of-living, the gap is 7% — not 21.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-21.1%
Missouri vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Missouri
Cooks, Restaurant
- Median
- $36,940
- p25
- $30,790
- p75
- $42,720
- p10
- $28,890
- p90
- $46,970
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.8
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.