State comparison · 2025
Chief Executives salary: Kansas vs Washington
Chief Executives in Washington earn a median of $339,810. In Kansas, $158,100. After cost-of-living, the gap is 44.7% — not 53.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-53.5%
Kansas vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-44.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Kansas
Chief Executives
- Median
- $158,100
- p25
- $111,660
- p75
- $283,880
- p10
- $51,120
- p90
- $453,350
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
Washington
Chief Executives
- Median
- $339,810
- p25
- $216,230
- p75
- $442,180
- p10
- $160,110
- p90
- $607,100
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +100%
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.