State comparison · 2025
Compensation and Benefits Managers salary: Massachusetts vs Pennsylvania
Compensation and Benefits Managers in Massachusetts earn a median of $184,070. In Pennsylvania, $139,040. After cost-of-living, the gap is 22.1% — not 32.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+32.4%
Massachusetts vs Pennsylvania
COL-adjusted gap
+22.1%
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
Pennsylvania
Compensation and Benefits Managers
- Median
- $139,040
- p25
- $108,930
- p75
- $187,870
- p10
- $92,140
- p90
- $225,670
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.6
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.