State comparison · 2025
Compensation and Benefits Managers salary: Oregon vs Washington
Compensation and Benefits Managers in Washington earn a median of $199,190. In Oregon, $161,470. After cost-of-living, the gap is 16.1% — not 18.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-18.9%
Oregon vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-16.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Oregon
Compensation and Benefits Managers
- Median
- $161,470
- p25
- $127,290
- p75
- $180,750
- p10
- $100,400
- p90
- $226,250
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.4
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.