State comparison · 2025
Education Administrators salary: South Dakota vs Washington
Education Administrators in Washington earn a median of $166,590. In South Dakota, $88,390. After cost-of-living, the gap is 35.9% — not 46.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-46.9%
South Dakota vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-35.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
South Dakota
Education Administrators
- Median
- $88,390
- p25
- $78,940
- p75
- $104,660
- p10
- $74,770
- p90
- $109,270
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.6
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.