State comparison · 2025
Education Administrators salary: Michigan vs Washington
Education Administrators in Washington earn a median of $166,590. In Michigan, $104,020. After cost-of-living, the gap is 30.5% — not 37.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-37.6%
Michigan vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-30.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Michigan
Education Administrators
- Median
- $104,020
- p25
- $95,110
- p75
- $126,630
- p10
- $77,340
- p90
- $134,430
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 96.2
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.