State comparison · 2025
Education Administrators salary: Iowa vs Washington
Education Administrators in Washington earn a median of $166,590. In Iowa, $104,260. After cost-of-living, the gap is 23.7% — not 37.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-37.4%
Iowa vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-23.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Iowa
Education Administrators
- Median
- $104,260
- p25
- $97,830
- p75
- $130,000
- p10
- $77,350
- p90
- $154,000
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
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.