State comparison · 2025
Compensation and Benefits Managers salary: Connecticut vs West Virginia
Compensation and Benefits Managers in Connecticut earn a median of $197,970. In West Virginia, $94,990. After cost-of-living, the gap is 80% — not 108.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+108.4%
Connecticut vs West Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+80%
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
West Virginia
Compensation and Benefits Managers
- Median
- $94,990
- p25
- $78,560
- p75
- $139,580
- p10
- $70,020
- p90
- $164,060
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 89.5
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.