State comparison · 2025
Compensation and Benefits Managers salary: Connecticut vs New Mexico
Compensation and Benefits Managers in Connecticut earn a median of $197,970. In New Mexico, $124,390. After cost-of-living, the gap is 41.6% — not 59.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+59.2%
Connecticut vs New Mexico
COL-adjusted gap
+41.6%
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 Mexico
Compensation and Benefits Managers
- Median
- $124,390
- p25
- $99,620
- p75
- $160,410
- p10
- $74,040
- p90
- $248,930
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.2
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.