State comparison · 2025
Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists salary: Colorado vs Kentucky
Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists in Colorado earn a median of $92,560. In Kentucky, $64,690. After cost-of-living, the gap is 25.2% — not 43.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+43.1%
Colorado vs Kentucky
COL-adjusted gap
+25.2%
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
Kentucky
Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists
- Median
- $64,690
- p25
- $51,970
- p75
- $78,260
- p10
- $40,730
- p90
- $94,370
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.2
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.