State comparison · 2025
Compensation and Benefits Managers salary: Connecticut vs South Carolina
Compensation and Benefits Managers in Connecticut earn a median of $197,970. In South Carolina, $99,630. After cost-of-living, the gap is 79.7% — not 98.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+98.7%
Connecticut vs South Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+79.7%
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
South Carolina
Compensation and Benefits Managers
- Median
- $99,630
- p25
- $75,080
- p75
- $158,000
- p10
- $61,100
- p90
- $211,660
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.7
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.