State comparison · 2025
Compensation and Benefits Managers salary: Texas vs Washington
Compensation and Benefits Managers in Washington earn a median of $199,190. In Texas, $136,930. After cost-of-living, the gap is 24.2% — not 31.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-31.3%
Texas vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-24.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Texas
Compensation and Benefits Managers
- Median
- $136,930
- p25
- $106,470
- p75
- $178,920
- p10
- $86,550
- p90
- $216,890
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
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.