State comparison · 2025
Compensation and Benefits Managers salary: Delaware vs Washington
Compensation and Benefits Managers in Washington earn a median of $199,190. In Delaware, $166,070. After cost-of-living, the gap is 10.6% — not 16.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-16.6%
Delaware vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-10.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Delaware
Compensation and Benefits Managers
- Median
- $166,070
- p25
- $148,730
- p75
- $220,470
- p10
- $114,950
- p90
- $264,990
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 99.8
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.