State comparison · 2025
Chief Executives salary: Colorado vs Washington
Chief Executives in Washington earn a median of $339,810. In Colorado, $213,370. After cost-of-living, the gap is 34.8% — not 37.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-37.2%
Colorado vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-34.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Colorado
Chief Executives
- Median
- $213,370
- p25
- $134,380
- p75
- $302,380
- p10
- $88,400
- p90
- $402,230
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -61%
Washington
Chief Executives
- Median
- $339,810
- p25
- $216,230
- p75
- $442,180
- p10
- $160,110
- p90
- $607,100
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +100%
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.