State comparison · 2025
Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists salary: Illinois vs Massachusetts
Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists in Massachusetts earn a median of $95,890. In Illinois, $79,300. After cost-of-living, the gap is 12.5% — not 17.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-17.3%
Illinois vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-12.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Illinois
Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists
- Median
- $79,300
- p25
- $62,780
- p75
- $101,180
- p10
- $55,190
- p90
- $128,720
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
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.