State comparison · 2025
Compensation and Benefits Managers salary: Connecticut vs Kansas
Compensation and Benefits Managers in Connecticut earn a median of $197,970. In Kansas, $114,070. After cost-of-living, the gap is 50.9% — not 73.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+73.6%
Connecticut vs Kansas
COL-adjusted gap
+50.9%
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
Kansas
Compensation and Benefits Managers
- Median
- $114,070
- p25
- $92,710
- p75
- $146,040
- p10
- $82,890
- p90
- $173,240
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
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.