State comparison · 2025
Chefs and Head Cooks salary: Oklahoma vs Rhode Island
Chefs and Head Cooks in Rhode Island earn a median of $79,930. In Oklahoma, $58,540. After cost-of-living, the gap is 14.7% — not 26.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-26.8%
Oklahoma vs Rhode Island
COL-adjusted gap
-14.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Oklahoma
Chefs and Head Cooks
- Median
- $58,540
- p25
- $37,840
- p75
- $67,560
- p10
- $28,920
- p90
- $77,450
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
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.