State comparison · 2025
Compensation and Benefits Managers salary: Alabama vs Connecticut
Compensation and Benefits Managers in Connecticut earn a median of $197,970. In Alabama, $118,470. After cost-of-living, the gap is 30.2% — not 40.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-40.2%
Alabama vs Connecticut
COL-adjusted gap
-30.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alabama
Compensation and Benefits Managers
- Median
- $118,470
- p25
- $101,300
- p75
- $152,880
- p10
- $84,090
- p90
- $205,840
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.8
Connecticut
Compensation and Benefits Managers
- Median
- $197,970
- p25
- $131,520
- p75
- $282,410
- p10
- $98,380
- p90
- $367,460
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.6
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.