State comparison · 2025
Education Administrators salary: Mississippi vs Washington
Education Administrators in Washington earn a median of $166,590. In Mississippi, $82,800. After cost-of-living, the gap is 38.9% — not 50.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-50.3%
Mississippi vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-38.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Mississippi
Education Administrators
- Median
- $82,800
- p25
- $78,350
- p75
- $96,780
- p10
- $65,400
- p90
- $106,450
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.0
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.