State comparison · 2025
Compensation and Benefits Managers salary: Massachusetts vs New York
Compensation and Benefits Managers in Massachusetts earn a median of $184,070. In New York, $175,620. After cost-of-living, the gap is 6.9% — not 4.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+4.8%
Massachusetts vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
+6.9%
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
New York
Compensation and Benefits Managers
- Median
- $175,620
- p25
- $137,420
- p75
- $223,040
- p10
- $114,990
- p90
- $287,490
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.9
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.