State comparison · 2025
Compensation and Benefits Managers salary: Michigan vs Washington
Compensation and Benefits Managers in Washington earn a median of $199,190. In Michigan, $151,620. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15.3% — not 23.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-23.9%
Michigan vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-15.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Michigan
Compensation and Benefits Managers
- Median
- $151,620
- p25
- $118,450
- p75
- $176,540
- p10
- $95,800
- p90
- $240,790
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 96.2
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.