State comparison · 2025
Compensation and Benefits Managers salary: Maryland vs Washington
Compensation and Benefits Managers in Washington earn a median of $199,190. In Maryland, $139,860. After cost-of-living, the gap is 28.4% — not 29.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-29.8%
Maryland vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-28.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Maryland
Compensation and Benefits Managers
- Median
- $139,860
- p25
- $117,500
- p75
- $192,480
- p10
- $91,730
- p90
- $244,050
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.0
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.