State comparison · 2025
Compensation and Benefits Managers salary: Kansas vs Washington
Compensation and Benefits Managers in Washington earn a median of $199,190. In Kansas, $114,070. After cost-of-living, the gap is 32% — not 42.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-42.7%
Kansas vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-32%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Kansas
Compensation and Benefits Managers
- Median
- $114,070
- p25
- $92,710
- p75
- $146,040
- p10
- $82,890
- p90
- $173,240
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
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.