State comparison · 2025
Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists salary: Massachusetts vs Mississippi
Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists in Massachusetts earn a median of $95,890. In Mississippi, $51,670. After cost-of-living, the gap is 52.6% — not 85.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+85.6%
Massachusetts vs Mississippi
COL-adjusted gap
+52.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Massachusetts
Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists
- Median
- $95,890
- p25
- $76,530
- p75
- $125,730
- p10
- $63,230
- p90
- $161,120
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
Mississippi
Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists
- Median
- $51,670
- p25
- $40,140
- p75
- $75,430
- p10
- $36,840
- p90
- $83,920
- 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.