State comparison · 2025
Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists salary: Kentucky vs Massachusetts
Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists in Massachusetts earn a median of $95,890. In Kentucky, $64,690. After cost-of-living, the gap is 20.9% — not 32.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-32.5%
Kentucky vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-20.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Kentucky
Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists
- Median
- $64,690
- p25
- $51,970
- p75
- $78,260
- p10
- $40,730
- p90
- $94,370
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.2
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.