State comparison · 2025
Education Administrators salary: Rhode Island vs Washington
Education Administrators in Washington earn a median of $166,590. In Rhode Island, $119,980. After cost-of-living, the gap is 24.7% — not 28%.
Nominal pay gap
-28%
Rhode Island vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-24.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Rhode Island
Education Administrators
- Median
- $119,980
- p25
- $103,400
- p75
- $129,130
- p10
- $80,530
- p90
- $150,300
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.3
Washington
Education Administrators
- Median
- $166,590
- p25
- $139,390
- p75
- $180,540
- p10
- $111,830
- p90
- $205,500
- 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.