State comparison · 2025
Compensation and Benefits Managers salary: Massachusetts vs Missouri
Compensation and Benefits Managers in Massachusetts earn a median of $184,070. In Missouri, $106,490. After cost-of-living, the gap is 48.3% — not 72.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+72.9%
Massachusetts vs Missouri
COL-adjusted gap
+48.3%
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
Missouri
Compensation and Benefits Managers
- Median
- $106,490
- p25
- $96,600
- p75
- $172,390
- p10
- $81,110
- p90
- $204,140
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.8
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.