State comparison · 2025
Compensation and Benefits Managers salary: Connecticut vs Tennessee
Compensation and Benefits Managers in Connecticut earn a median of $197,970. In Tennessee, $132,780. After cost-of-living, the gap is 32.3% — not 49.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+49.1%
Connecticut vs Tennessee
COL-adjusted gap
+32.3%
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
Tennessee
Compensation and Benefits Managers
- Median
- $132,780
- p25
- $104,560
- p75
- $170,580
- p10
- $83,010
- p90
- $258,950
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 91.9
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.