State comparison · 2025
Chefs and Head Cooks salary: Rhode Island vs Texas
Chefs and Head Cooks in Rhode Island earn a median of $79,930. In Texas, $56,080. After cost-of-living, the gap is 35.3% — not 42.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+42.5%
Rhode Island vs Texas
COL-adjusted gap
+35.3%
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
Texas
Chefs and Head Cooks
- Median
- $56,080
- p25
- $42,030
- p75
- $71,870
- p10
- $31,380
- p90
- $92,290
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
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.