State comparison · 2025
Compensation and Benefits Managers salary: Connecticut vs Virginia
Compensation and Benefits Managers in Connecticut earn a median of $197,970. In Virginia, $153,660. After cost-of-living, the gap is 25.7% — not 28.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+28.8%
Connecticut vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+25.7%
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
Virginia
Compensation and Benefits Managers
- Median
- $153,660
- p25
- $126,570
- p75
- $215,060
- p10
- $110,070
- p90
- $281,000
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 101.1
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.