State comparison · 2025
Compensation and Benefits Managers salary: Missouri vs Washington
Compensation and Benefits Managers in Washington earn a median of $199,190. In Missouri, $106,490. After cost-of-living, the gap is 37% — not 46.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-46.5%
Missouri vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-37%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Missouri
Compensation and Benefits Managers
- Median
- $106,490
- p25
- $96,600
- p75
- $172,390
- p10
- $81,110
- p90
- $204,140
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.8
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.