State comparison · 2025
Compensation and Benefits Managers salary: New Jersey vs Washington
Compensation and Benefits Managers in Washington earn a median of $199,190. In New Jersey, $168,370. After cost-of-living, the gap is 16.9% — not 15.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-15.5%
New Jersey vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-16.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
New Jersey
Compensation and Benefits Managers
- Median
- $168,370
- p25
- $137,720
- p75
- $210,850
- p10
- $111,720
- p90
- $259,690
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 108.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 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.