State comparison · 2025
Compensation and Benefits Managers salary: Colorado vs Massachusetts
Compensation and Benefits Managers in Massachusetts earn a median of $184,070. In Colorado, $165,770. After cost-of-living, the gap is 7.6% — not 9.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-9.9%
Colorado vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-7.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Colorado
Compensation and Benefits Managers
- Median
- $165,770
- p25
- $130,290
- p75
- $203,760
- p10
- $92,990
- p90
- $227,230
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.1
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.