State comparison · 2025
Compensation and Benefits Managers salary: Virginia vs Washington
Compensation and Benefits Managers in Washington earn a median of $199,190. In Virginia, $153,660. After cost-of-living, the gap is 18.4% — not 22.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-22.9%
Virginia vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-18.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Virginia
Compensation and Benefits Managers
- Median
- $153,660
- p25
- $126,570
- p75
- $215,060
- p10
- $110,070
- p90
- $281,000
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 101.1
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.