State comparison · 2025
Education Administrators salary: Kentucky vs Washington
Education Administrators in Washington earn a median of $166,590. In Kentucky, $99,920. After cost-of-living, the gap is 28.8% — not 40%.
Nominal pay gap
-40%
Kentucky vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-28.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Kentucky
Education Administrators
- Median
- $99,920
- p25
- $83,770
- p75
- $110,210
- p10
- $75,270
- p90
- $130,310
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.2
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.