State comparison · 2025
Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists salary: Delaware vs South Dakota
Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists in Delaware earn a median of $99,560. In South Dakota, $64,630. After cost-of-living, the gap is 36.8% — not 54%.
Nominal pay gap
+54%
Delaware vs South Dakota
COL-adjusted gap
+36.8%
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
South Dakota
Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists
- Median
- $64,630
- p25
- $54,080
- p75
- $78,630
- p10
- $48,330
- p90
- $91,390
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.6
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.