State comparison · 2025
Compensation and Benefits Managers salary: Kentucky vs Washington
Compensation and Benefits Managers in Washington earn a median of $199,190. In Kentucky, $114,290. After cost-of-living, the gap is 31.9% — not 42.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-42.6%
Kentucky vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-31.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Kentucky
Compensation and Benefits Managers
- Median
- $114,290
- p25
- $99,990
- p75
- $138,330
- p10
- $80,850
- p90
- $194,170
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.2
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.