State comparison · 2025
Chief Executives salary: Texas vs Washington
Chief Executives in Washington earn a median of $339,810. In Texas, $257,850. After cost-of-living, the gap is 16.4% — not 24.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-24.1%
Texas vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-16.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Texas
Chief Executives
- Median
- $257,850
- p25
- $172,490
- p75
- $399,880
- p10
- $121,130
- p90
- $558,550
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -23%
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.