State comparison · 2025
Compensation and Benefits Managers salary: Massachusetts vs Minnesota
Compensation and Benefits Managers in Massachusetts earn a median of $184,070. In Minnesota, $163,390. After cost-of-living, the gap is 5% — not 12.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+12.7%
Massachusetts vs Minnesota
COL-adjusted gap
+5%
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
Minnesota
Compensation and Benefits Managers
- Median
- $163,390
- p25
- $127,260
- p75
- $203,850
- p10
- $102,690
- p90
- $231,830
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.6
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.