State comparison · 2025
Compensation and Benefits Managers salary: Alaska vs Washington
Compensation and Benefits Managers in Washington earn a median of $199,190. In Alaska, $122,490. After cost-of-living, the gap is 35.7% — not 38.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-38.5%
Alaska vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-35.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alaska
Compensation and Benefits Managers
- Median
- $122,490
- p25
- $89,200
- p75
- $135,220
- p10
- $69,150
- p90
- $154,560
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.4
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.