State comparison · 2025
Compensation and Benefits Managers salary: Massachusetts vs New Mexico
Compensation and Benefits Managers in Massachusetts earn a median of $184,070. In New Mexico, $124,390. After cost-of-living, the gap is 29% — not 48%.
Nominal pay gap
+48%
Massachusetts vs New Mexico
COL-adjusted gap
+29%
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
New Mexico
Compensation and Benefits Managers
- Median
- $124,390
- p25
- $99,620
- p75
- $160,410
- p10
- $74,040
- p90
- $248,930
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.2
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.