State comparison · 2025
Education Administrators salary: Alabama vs Washington
Education Administrators in Washington earn a median of $166,590. In Alabama, $97,480. After cost-of-living, the gap is 29.5% — not 41.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-41.5%
Alabama vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-29.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alabama
Education Administrators
- Median
- $97,480
- p25
- $82,000
- p75
- $105,450
- p10
- $76,150
- p90
- $123,070
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.8
Washington
Education Administrators
- Median
- $166,590
- p25
- $139,390
- p75
- $180,540
- p10
- $111,830
- p90
- $205,500
- 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.