State comparison · 2025
Compensation and Benefits Managers salary: Mississippi vs Washington
Compensation and Benefits Managers in Washington earn a median of $199,190. In Mississippi, $89,250. After cost-of-living, the gap is 44.9% — not 55.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-55.2%
Mississippi vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-44.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Mississippi
Compensation and Benefits Managers
- Median
- $89,250
- p25
- $77,230
- p75
- $126,990
- p10
- $59,030
- p90
- $149,990
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.0
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.