State comparison · 2025
Compensation and Benefits Managers salary: Connecticut vs Mississippi
Compensation and Benefits Managers in Connecticut earn a median of $197,970. In Mississippi, $89,250. After cost-of-living, the gap is 86.3% — not 121.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+121.8%
Connecticut vs Mississippi
COL-adjusted gap
+86.3%
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
Mississippi
Compensation and Benefits Managers
- Median
- $89,250
- p25
- $77,230
- p75
- $126,990
- p10
- $59,030
- p90
- $149,990
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.0
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.