State comparison · 2025
Chief Executives salary: Mississippi vs Washington
Chief Executives in Washington earn a median of $339,810. In Mississippi, $139,250. After cost-of-living, the gap is 49.6% — not 59%.
Nominal pay gap
-59%
Mississippi vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-49.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Mississippi
Chief Executives
- Median
- $139,250
- p25
- $119,580
- p75
- $185,680
- p10
- $101,930
- p90
- $304,040
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.0
Washington
Chief Executives
- Median
- $339,810
- p25
- $216,230
- p75
- $442,180
- p10
- $160,110
- p90
- $607,100
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +100%
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.