State comparison · 2025
Compensation and Benefits Managers salary: California vs Washington
Compensation and Benefits Managers in Washington earn a median of $199,190. In California, $166,730. After cost-of-living, the gap is 19.1% — not 16.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-16.3%
California vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-19.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
California
Compensation and Benefits Managers
- Median
- $166,730
- p25
- $127,420
- p75
- $217,510
- p10
- $105,840
- p90
- $289,910
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
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.