State comparison · 2025
Compensation and Benefits Managers salary: Rhode Island vs Washington
Compensation and Benefits Managers in Washington earn a median of $199,190. In Rhode Island, $149,340. After cost-of-living, the gap is 21.6% — not 25%.
Nominal pay gap
-25%
Rhode Island vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-21.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Rhode Island
Compensation and Benefits Managers
- Median
- $149,340
- p25
- $122,410
- p75
- $231,450
- p10
- $93,230
- p90
- $264,210
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.3
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.