State comparison · 2025
Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists salary: District of Columbia vs Massachusetts
Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists in Massachusetts earn a median of $95,890. In District of Columbia, $86,710. After cost-of-living, the gap is 12.9% — not 9.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-9.6%
District of Columbia vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-12.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
District of Columbia
Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists
- Median
- $86,710
- p25
- $74,730
- p75
- $106,250
- p10
- $60,560
- p90
- $127,930
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 109.9
Massachusetts
Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists
- Median
- $95,890
- p25
- $76,530
- p75
- $125,730
- p10
- $63,230
- p90
- $161,120
- 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.