State comparison · 2025
Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists salary: California vs Colorado
Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists in Colorado earn a median of $92,560. In California, $91,410. After cost-of-living, the gap is 8% — not 1.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-1.2%
California vs Colorado
COL-adjusted gap
-8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
California
Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists
- Median
- $91,410
- p25
- $73,790
- p75
- $117,240
- p10
- $60,070
- p90
- $150,180
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -65%
Colorado
Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists
- Median
- $92,560
- p25
- $76,800
- p75
- $120,330
- p10
- $62,280
- p90
- $152,370
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.1
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.