State comparison · 2025
Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists salary: Arkansas vs Massachusetts
Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists in Massachusetts earn a median of $95,890. In Arkansas, $61,280. After cost-of-living, the gap is 22.2% — not 36.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-36.1%
Arkansas vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-22.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arkansas
Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists
- Median
- $61,280
- p25
- $47,020
- p75
- $80,640
- p10
- $40,830
- p90
- $106,780
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 86.9
Massachusetts
Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists
- Median
- $95,890
- p25
- $76,530
- p75
- $125,730
- p10
- $63,230
- p90
- $161,120
- 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.