State comparison · 2025
Education Administrators salary: Arkansas vs Washington
Education Administrators in Washington earn a median of $166,590. In Arkansas, $86,330. After cost-of-living, the gap is 36.2% — not 48.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-48.2%
Arkansas vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-36.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arkansas
Education Administrators
- Median
- $86,330
- p25
- $80,670
- p75
- $102,440
- p10
- $68,090
- p90
- $107,410
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 86.9
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.