State comparison · 2025
Compensation and Benefits Managers salary: Iowa vs Washington
Compensation and Benefits Managers in Washington earn a median of $199,190. In Iowa, $118,250. After cost-of-living, the gap is 27.7% — not 40.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-40.6%
Iowa vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-27.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Iowa
Compensation and Benefits Managers
- Median
- $118,250
- p25
- $94,640
- p75
- $167,940
- p10
- $77,000
- p90
- $202,600
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
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.