Cooks, Restaurant
Pittsfield, MA metropolitan area. Estimated employment 630.
Where you sit in the distribution
That is the median — half of people in this occupation in Pittsfield earn more.
$43,970 in Pittsfield buys what $46,200 buys across the country as a whole.
Pittsfield's regional price parity is 95.1 — below the national average, so a dollar here goes further than the nominal figure suggests. Adjusted figures for other metros are in the nearby-metros table below.
The same job, elsewhere in Massachusetts
Adjusted figures apply each metro's regional price parity, so the columns are directly comparable.
| Metro area | Median | Adjusted | RPP | vs. Pittsfield |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barnstable Town | $46,930 | $47,700 | 98.4 | +3.2% |
| Boston | $45,830 | $42,300 | 108.3 | −8.4% |
| Amherst Town | $44,680 | $44,600 | 100.2 | −3.6% |
| Worcester | $44,250 | $43,200 | 102.5 | −6.6% |
| Pittsfield This page | $43,970 | $46,200 | 95.1 | — |
| Springfield | $39,970 | $41,600 | 96.1 | −10.0% |
Price parity and difference against Pittsfield are in the full table on wider screens.
How this page was made
- Wage data
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 release. Public domain.
- Price parity
- Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024.
- Employment
- 630 employed in this occupation in the metro (BLS estimate; excludes the self-employed).
- Occupation
- SOC 35-2014, Cooks, Restaurant. Mapped to our taxonomy as cooks-restaurant.
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