State comparison · 2025
Compensation and Benefits Managers salary: Pennsylvania vs Washington
Compensation and Benefits Managers in Washington earn a median of $199,190. In Pennsylvania, $139,040. After cost-of-living, the gap is 23.5% — not 30.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-30.2%
Pennsylvania vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-23.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Pennsylvania
Compensation and Benefits Managers
- Median
- $139,040
- p25
- $108,930
- p75
- $187,870
- p10
- $92,140
- p90
- $225,670
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.6
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.