State comparison · 2025
Compensation and Benefits Managers salary: Connecticut vs Iowa
Compensation and Benefits Managers in Connecticut earn a median of $197,970. In Iowa, $118,250. After cost-of-living, the gap is 41.9% — not 67.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+67.4%
Connecticut vs Iowa
COL-adjusted gap
+41.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Connecticut
Compensation and Benefits Managers
- Median
- $197,970
- p25
- $131,520
- p75
- $282,410
- p10
- $98,380
- p90
- $367,460
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.6
Iowa
Compensation and Benefits Managers
- Median
- $118,250
- p25
- $94,640
- p75
- $167,940
- p10
- $77,000
- p90
- $202,600
- 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.