State comparison · 2025
Compensation and Benefits Managers salary: Louisiana vs Massachusetts
Compensation and Benefits Managers in Massachusetts earn a median of $184,070. In Louisiana, $99,840. After cost-of-living, the gap is 34.9% — not 45.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-45.8%
Louisiana vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-34.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Louisiana
Compensation and Benefits Managers
- Median
- $99,840
- p25
- $84,850
- p75
- $162,960
- p10
- $71,620
- p90
- $241,390
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.2
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.