State comparison · 2025
Compensation and Benefits Managers salary: Alaska vs Massachusetts
Compensation and Benefits Managers in Massachusetts earn a median of $184,070. In Alaska, $122,490. After cost-of-living, the gap is 31.2% — not 33.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-33.5%
Alaska vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-31.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alaska
Compensation and Benefits Managers
- Median
- $122,490
- p25
- $89,200
- p75
- $135,220
- p10
- $69,150
- p90
- $154,560
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.4
Massachusetts
Compensation and Benefits Managers
- Median
- $184,070
- p25
- $161,000
- p75
- $223,150
- p10
- $128,390
- p90
- $285,030
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
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.