State comparison · 2025
Compensation and Benefits Managers salary: Maine vs Massachusetts
Compensation and Benefits Managers in Massachusetts earn a median of $184,070. In Maine, $129,690. After cost-of-living, the gap is 23.2% — not 29.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-29.5%
Maine vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-23.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Maine
Compensation and Benefits Managers
- Median
- $129,690
- p25
- $100,850
- p75
- $176,090
- p10
- $86,600
- p90
- $198,930
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
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.