State comparison · 2025
Compensation and Benefits Managers salary: Washington vs Wisconsin
Compensation and Benefits Managers in Washington earn a median of $199,190. In Wisconsin, $127,920. After cost-of-living, the gap is 36.9% — not 55.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+55.7%
Washington vs Wisconsin
COL-adjusted gap
+36.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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
Wisconsin
Compensation and Benefits Managers
- Median
- $127,920
- p25
- $101,540
- p75
- $178,870
- p10
- $86,490
- p90
- $214,250
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.1
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.