State comparison · 2025
Compensation and Benefits Managers salary: Colorado vs Washington
Compensation and Benefits Managers in Washington earn a median of $199,190. In Colorado, $165,770. After cost-of-living, the gap is 13.6% — not 16.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-16.8%
Colorado vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-13.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Colorado
Compensation and Benefits Managers
- Median
- $165,770
- p25
- $130,290
- p75
- $203,760
- p10
- $92,990
- p90
- $227,230
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.1
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.