State comparison · 2025
Chief Executives salary: Delaware vs Washington
Chief Executives in Washington earn a median of $339,810. In Delaware, $199,990. After cost-of-living, the gap is 36.9% — not 41.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-41.1%
Delaware vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-36.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Delaware
Chief Executives
- Median
- $199,990
- p25
- $148,830
- p75
- $360,810
- p10
- $119,990
- p90
- $523,940
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 99.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -67%
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.