State comparison · 2025
Compensation and Benefits Managers salary: Massachusetts vs Ohio
Compensation and Benefits Managers in Massachusetts earn a median of $184,070. In Ohio, $141,920. After cost-of-living, the gap is 13.8% — not 29.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+29.7%
Massachusetts vs Ohio
COL-adjusted gap
+13.8%
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
Ohio
Compensation and Benefits Managers
- Median
- $141,920
- p25
- $108,140
- p75
- $179,390
- p10
- $84,580
- p90
- $227,440
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.8
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.