State comparison · 2025
Compensation and Benefits Managers salary: Tennessee vs Washington
Compensation and Benefits Managers in Washington earn a median of $199,190. In Tennessee, $132,780. After cost-of-living, the gap is 22.4% — not 33.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-33.3%
Tennessee vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-22.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Tennessee
Compensation and Benefits Managers
- Median
- $132,780
- p25
- $104,560
- p75
- $170,580
- p10
- $83,010
- p90
- $258,950
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 91.9
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.