State comparison · 2025
Chief Executives salary: Tennessee vs Washington
Chief Executives in Washington earn a median of $339,810. In Tennessee, $198,830. After cost-of-living, the gap is 31.9% — not 41.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-41.5%
Tennessee vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-31.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Tennessee
Chief Executives
- Median
- $198,830
- p25
- $113,110
- p75
- $307,390
- p10
- $64,520
- p90
- $474,740
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 91.9
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.