State comparison · 2025
Compensation and Benefits Managers salary: Illinois vs Washington
Compensation and Benefits Managers in Washington earn a median of $199,190. In Illinois, $151,730. After cost-of-living, the gap is 18.5% — not 23.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-23.8%
Illinois vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-18.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Illinois
Compensation and Benefits Managers
- Median
- $151,730
- p25
- $104,060
- p75
- $202,910
- p10
- $78,420
- p90
- $235,730
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
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.