State comparison · 2025
Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists salary: Colorado vs Minnesota
Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists in Colorado earn a median of $92,560. In Minnesota, $78,770. After cost-of-living, the gap is 12.4% — not 17.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+17.5%
Colorado vs Minnesota
COL-adjusted gap
+12.4%
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
Minnesota
Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists
- Median
- $78,770
- p25
- $63,760
- p75
- $101,110
- p10
- $38,840
- p90
- $130,920
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.6
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.