State comparison · 2025
Compensation and Benefits Managers salary: District of Columbia vs Massachusetts
Compensation and Benefits Managers in Massachusetts earn a median of $184,070. In District of Columbia, $160,990. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15.8% — not 12.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-12.5%
District of Columbia vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-15.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
District of Columbia
Compensation and Benefits Managers
- Median
- $160,990
- p25
- $129,540
- p75
- $204,230
- p10
- $114,410
- p90
- $251,490
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 109.9
Massachusetts
Compensation and Benefits Managers
- Median
- $184,070
- p25
- $161,000
- p75
- $223,150
- p10
- $128,390
- p90
- $285,030
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
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.