State comparison · 2025
Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists salary: Iowa vs Massachusetts
Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists in Massachusetts earn a median of $95,890. In Iowa, $67,160. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15.6% — not 30%.
Nominal pay gap
-30%
Iowa vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-15.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Iowa
Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists
- Median
- $67,160
- p25
- $56,910
- p75
- $84,720
- p10
- $49,710
- p90
- $103,830
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
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.