State comparison · 2025
Chief Executives salary: Missouri vs Washington
Chief Executives in Washington earn a median of $339,810. In Missouri, $172,320. After cost-of-living, the gap is 40.2% — not 49.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-49.3%
Missouri vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-40.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Missouri
Chief Executives
- Median
- $172,320
- p25
- $111,070
- p75
- $275,660
- p10
- $75,040
- p90
- $416,060
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +25%
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.