State comparison · 2025
Education Administrators salary: Tennessee vs Washington
Education Administrators in Washington earn a median of $166,590. In Tennessee, $97,590. After cost-of-living, the gap is 31.8% — not 41.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-41.4%
Tennessee vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-31.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Tennessee
Education Administrators
- Median
- $97,590
- p25
- $83,050
- p75
- $108,690
- p10
- $70,960
- p90
- $134,630
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 91.9
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.