State comparison · 2025
Compensation and Benefits Managers salary: Illinois vs Massachusetts
Compensation and Benefits Managers in Massachusetts earn a median of $184,070. In Illinois, $151,730. After cost-of-living, the gap is 12.8% — not 17.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-17.6%
Illinois vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-12.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Illinois
Compensation and Benefits Managers
- Median
- $151,730
- p25
- $104,060
- p75
- $202,910
- p10
- $78,420
- p90
- $235,730
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
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.