State comparison · 2025
Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists salary: Colorado vs Iowa
Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists in Colorado earn a median of $92,560. In Iowa, $67,160. After cost-of-living, the gap is 17.4% — not 37.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+37.8%
Colorado vs Iowa
COL-adjusted gap
+17.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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
Iowa
Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists
- Median
- $67,160
- p25
- $56,910
- p75
- $84,720
- p10
- $49,710
- p90
- $103,830
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
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.