State comparison · 2025
Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists salary: Delaware vs Iowa
Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists in Delaware earn a median of $99,560. In Iowa, $67,160. After cost-of-living, the gap is 30.4% — not 48.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+48.2%
Delaware vs Iowa
COL-adjusted gap
+30.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Delaware
Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists
- Median
- $99,560
- p25
- $74,010
- p75
- $119,520
- p10
- $61,260
- p90
- $136,700
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 99.8
Iowa
Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists
- Median
- $67,160
- p25
- $56,910
- p75
- $84,720
- p10
- $49,710
- p90
- $103,830
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
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.