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Cooks, All Other pay in Burlington-South Burlington, VT and Lafayette, LA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Cooks, All Other is $57,320 per year in Burlington-South Burlington, VT. It is $26,140 per year in Lafayette, LA. Burlington-South Burlington, VT is 119.3% above Lafayette, LA on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 35-2019 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 80 wage and salary jobs in Burlington-South Burlington, VT and 60 in Lafayette, LA. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings