State comparison · 2025
Chief Executives salary: Kentucky vs Washington
Chief Executives in Washington earn a median of $339,810. In Kentucky, $179,530. After cost-of-living, the gap is 37.3% — not 47.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-47.2%
Kentucky vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-37.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Kentucky
Chief Executives
- Median
- $179,530
- p25
- $119,990
- p75
- $298,750
- p10
- $72,800
- p90
- $466,660
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -50%
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.