State comparison · 2025
Compensation and Benefits Managers salary: Massachusetts vs North Carolina
Compensation and Benefits Managers in Massachusetts earn a median of $184,070. In North Carolina, $135,240. After cost-of-living, the gap is 21.3% — not 36.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+36.1%
Massachusetts vs North Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+21.3%
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
North Carolina
Compensation and Benefits Managers
- Median
- $135,240
- p25
- $104,010
- p75
- $175,260
- p10
- $63,740
- p90
- $227,410
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.3
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.