State comparison · 2025
Cooks, Restaurant salary: Rhode Island vs Washington
Cooks, Restaurant in Washington earn a median of $46,800. In Rhode Island, $36,510. After cost-of-living, the gap is 18.4% — not 22%.
Nominal pay gap
-22%
Rhode Island vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-18.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Rhode Island
Cooks, Restaurant
- Median
- $36,510
- p25
- $34,610
- p75
- $45,650
- p10
- $31,840
- p90
- $49,450
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.3
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.