State comparison · 2025
Compensation and Benefits Managers salary: Alabama vs Washington
Compensation and Benefits Managers in Washington earn a median of $199,190. In Alabama, $118,470. After cost-of-living, the gap is 28.3% — not 40.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-40.5%
Alabama vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-28.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alabama
Compensation and Benefits Managers
- Median
- $118,470
- p25
- $101,300
- p75
- $152,880
- p10
- $84,090
- p90
- $205,840
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.8
Washington
Compensation and Benefits Managers
- Median
- $199,190
- p25
- $140,850
- p75
- $256,570
- p10
- $116,830
- p90
- $301,180
- 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.