State comparison · 2025
Compensation and Benefits Managers salary: Minnesota vs Washington
Compensation and Benefits Managers in Washington earn a median of $199,190. In Minnesota, $163,390. After cost-of-living, the gap is 11% — not 18%.
Nominal pay gap
-18%
Minnesota vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-11%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Minnesota
Compensation and Benefits Managers
- Median
- $163,390
- p25
- $127,260
- p75
- $203,850
- p10
- $102,690
- p90
- $231,830
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.6
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.