State comparison · 2025
Compensation and Benefits Managers salary: Massachusetts vs Mississippi
Compensation and Benefits Managers in Massachusetts earn a median of $184,070. In Mississippi, $89,250. After cost-of-living, the gap is 69.6% — not 106.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+106.2%
Massachusetts vs Mississippi
COL-adjusted gap
+69.6%
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
Mississippi
Compensation and Benefits Managers
- Median
- $89,250
- p25
- $77,230
- p75
- $126,990
- p10
- $59,030
- p90
- $149,990
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.0
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.