State comparison · 2025
Compensation and Benefits Managers salary: California vs Massachusetts
Compensation and Benefits Managers in Massachusetts earn a median of $184,070. In California, $166,730. After cost-of-living, the gap is 13.4% — not 9.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-9.4%
California vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-13.4%
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
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.