State comparison · 2025
Compensation and Benefits Managers salary: Arizona vs Massachusetts
Compensation and Benefits Managers in Massachusetts earn a median of $184,070. In Arizona, $129,890. After cost-of-living, the gap is 25.9% — not 29.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-29.4%
Arizona vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-25.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arizona
Compensation and Benefits Managers
- Median
- $129,890
- p25
- $106,170
- p75
- $175,250
- p10
- $80,390
- p90
- $210,860
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.7
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.