State comparison · 2025
Compensation and Benefits Managers salary: Arizona vs Washington
Compensation and Benefits Managers in Washington earn a median of $199,190. In Arizona, $129,890. After cost-of-living, the gap is 30.7% — not 34.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-34.8%
Arizona vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-30.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arizona
Compensation and Benefits Managers
- Median
- $129,890
- p25
- $106,170
- p75
- $175,250
- p10
- $80,390
- p90
- $210,860
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.7
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.