State comparison · 2025
Education Administrators salary: Minnesota vs Washington
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%
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.