State comparison · 2025
Chief Executives salary: Pennsylvania vs Washington
Chief Executives in Washington earn a median of $339,810. In Pennsylvania, $232,560. After cost-of-living, the gap is 25% — not 31.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-31.6%
Pennsylvania vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-25%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Pennsylvania
Chief Executives
- Median
- $232,560
- p25
- $162,920
- p75
- $397,100
- p10
- $118,810
- p90
- $528,200
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -27%
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.