State comparison · 2025
Compensation and Benefits Managers salary: Massachusetts vs Michigan
Compensation and Benefits Managers in Massachusetts earn a median of $184,070. In Michigan, $151,620. After cost-of-living, the gap is 10.4% — not 21.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+21.4%
Massachusetts vs Michigan
COL-adjusted gap
+10.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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
Michigan
Compensation and Benefits Managers
- Median
- $151,620
- p25
- $118,450
- p75
- $176,540
- p10
- $95,800
- p90
- $240,790
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 96.2
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.