State comparison · 2025
Chefs and Head Cooks salary: Pennsylvania vs Rhode Island
Chefs and Head Cooks in Rhode Island earn a median of $79,930. In Pennsylvania, $63,860. After cost-of-living, the gap is 16.3% — not 20.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-20.1%
Pennsylvania vs Rhode Island
COL-adjusted gap
-16.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Pennsylvania
Chefs and Head Cooks
- Median
- $63,860
- p25
- $49,280
- p75
- $81,790
- p10
- $39,040
- p90
- $95,830
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.6
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.