State comparison · 2025
Compensation and Benefits Managers salary: Massachusetts vs Nebraska
Compensation and Benefits Managers in Massachusetts earn a median of $184,070. In Nebraska, $121,630. After cost-of-living, the gap is 28.9% — not 51.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+51.3%
Massachusetts vs Nebraska
COL-adjusted gap
+28.9%
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
Nebraska
Compensation and Benefits Managers
- Median
- $121,630
- p25
- $95,890
- p75
- $150,290
- p10
- $83,200
- p90
- $183,490
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
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.