State comparison · 2025
Compensation and Benefits Managers salary: New Mexico vs Washington
Compensation and Benefits Managers in Washington earn a median of $199,190. In New Mexico, $124,390. After cost-of-living, the gap is 27.5% — not 37.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-37.6%
New Mexico vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-27.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
New Mexico
Compensation and Benefits Managers
- Median
- $124,390
- p25
- $99,620
- p75
- $160,410
- p10
- $74,040
- p90
- $248,930
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.2
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.