State comparison · 2025
Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists salary: Colorado vs South Dakota
Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists in Colorado earn a median of $92,560. In South Dakota, $64,630. After cost-of-living, the gap is 23.1% — not 43.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+43.2%
Colorado vs South Dakota
COL-adjusted gap
+23.1%
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
South Dakota
Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists
- Median
- $64,630
- p25
- $54,080
- p75
- $78,630
- p10
- $48,330
- p90
- $91,390
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.6
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.