State comparison · 2025
Chief Executives salary: Rhode Island vs Washington
Chief Executives in Washington earn a median of $339,810. In Rhode Island, $235,360. After cost-of-living, the gap is 27.6% — not 30.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-30.7%
Rhode Island vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-27.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Rhode Island
Chief Executives
- Median
- $235,360
- p25
- $181,270
- p75
- $414,180
- p10
- $113,970
- p90
- $561,080
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.3
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.