State comparison · 2025
Chief Executives salary: Alabama vs Washington
Chief Executives in Washington earn a median of $339,810. In Alabama, $166,420. After cost-of-living, the gap is 41% — not 51%.
Nominal pay gap
-51%
Alabama vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-41%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alabama
Chief Executives
- Median
- $166,420
- p25
- $134,650
- p75
- $222,490
- p10
- $101,670
- p90
- $317,400
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.8
Washington
Chief Executives
- Median
- $339,810
- p25
- $216,230
- p75
- $442,180
- p10
- $160,110
- p90
- $607,100
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +100%
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.