State comparison · 2025
Education Administrators salary: Illinois vs Washington
Education Administrators in Washington earn a median of $166,590. In Illinois, $113,360. After cost-of-living, the gap is 27.2% — not 32%.
Nominal pay gap
-32%
Illinois vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-27.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Illinois
Education Administrators
- Median
- $113,360
- p25
- $96,130
- p75
- $137,200
- p10
- $78,070
- p90
- $169,400
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -50%
Washington
Education Administrators
- Median
- $166,590
- p25
- $139,390
- p75
- $180,540
- p10
- $111,830
- p90
- $205,500
- 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.