State comparison · 2025
Chefs and Head Cooks salary: Rhode Island vs Tennessee
Chefs and Head Cooks in Rhode Island earn a median of $79,930. In Tennessee, $69,810. After cost-of-living, the gap is 2.9% — not 14.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+14.5%
Rhode Island vs Tennessee
COL-adjusted gap
+2.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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
Tennessee
Chefs and Head Cooks
- Median
- $69,810
- p25
- $57,470
- p75
- $81,900
- p10
- $45,410
- p90
- $98,860
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 91.9
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.