State comparison · 2025
Compensation and Benefits Managers salary: California vs Connecticut
Compensation and Benefits Managers in Connecticut earn a median of $197,970. In California, $166,730. After cost-of-living, the gap is 21.2% — not 15.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-15.8%
California vs Connecticut
COL-adjusted gap
-21.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
California
Compensation and Benefits Managers
- Median
- $166,730
- p25
- $127,420
- p75
- $217,510
- p10
- $105,840
- p90
- $289,910
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
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.