State comparison · 2025
Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists salary: California vs Massachusetts
Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists in Massachusetts earn a median of $95,890. In California, $91,410. After cost-of-living, the gap is 8.9% — not 4.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-4.7%
California vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-8.9%
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%
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.