State comparison · 2025
Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists salary: Massachusetts vs North Carolina
Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists in Massachusetts earn a median of $95,890. In North Carolina, $67,970. After cost-of-living, the gap is 25.7% — not 41.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+41.1%
Massachusetts vs North Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+25.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Massachusetts
Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists
- Median
- $95,890
- p25
- $76,530
- p75
- $125,730
- p10
- $63,230
- p90
- $161,120
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
North Carolina
Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists
- Median
- $67,970
- p25
- $56,730
- p75
- $94,270
- p10
- $47,590
- p90
- $127,490
- 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.