State comparison · 2025
Compensation and Benefits Managers salary: Connecticut vs New Jersey
Compensation and Benefits Managers in Connecticut earn a median of $197,970. In New Jersey, $168,370. After cost-of-living, the gap is 23.5% — not 17.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+17.6%
Connecticut vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
+23.5%
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
New Jersey
Compensation and Benefits Managers
- Median
- $168,370
- p25
- $137,720
- p75
- $210,850
- p10
- $111,720
- p90
- $259,690
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 108.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 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.