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State comparison · 2025

Education Administrators salary: Minnesota vs Washington

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Education Administrators in Washington earn a median of $166,590. In Minnesota, $127,000. After cost-of-living, the gap is 17.3% — not 23.8%.

Nominal pay gap
-23.8%
Minnesota vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-17.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities

Minnesota

Education Administrators

Median
$127,000
p25
$100,000
p75
$137,720
p10
$78,570
p90
$166,270
COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
98.6
Hiring velocity (180d)
-50%
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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
See full breakdown for Washington

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.