State comparison · 2025
Compensation and Benefits Managers salary: Connecticut vs Minnesota
Compensation and Benefits Managers in Connecticut earn a median of $197,970. In Minnesota, $163,390. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15.3% — not 21.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+21.2%
Connecticut vs Minnesota
COL-adjusted gap
+15.3%
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
Minnesota
Compensation and Benefits Managers
- Median
- $163,390
- p25
- $127,260
- p75
- $203,850
- p10
- $102,690
- p90
- $231,830
- 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.