State comparison · 2025
Compensation and Benefits Managers salary: Utah vs Washington
Compensation and Benefits Managers in Washington earn a median of $199,190. In Utah, $132,620. After cost-of-living, the gap is 28% — not 33.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-33.4%
Utah vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-28%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Utah
Compensation and Benefits Managers
- Median
- $132,620
- p25
- $98,300
- p75
- $167,980
- p10
- $80,990
- p90
- $213,870
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.9
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.