State comparison · 2025
Compensation and Benefits Managers salary: Connecticut vs North Carolina
Compensation and Benefits Managers in Connecticut earn a median of $197,970. In North Carolina, $135,240. After cost-of-living, the gap is 33.2% — not 46.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+46.4%
Connecticut vs North Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+33.2%
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
North Carolina
Compensation and Benefits Managers
- Median
- $135,240
- p25
- $104,010
- p75
- $175,260
- p10
- $63,740
- p90
- $227,410
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.3
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.