State comparison · 2025
Compensation and Benefits Managers salary: Massachusetts vs Rhode Island
Compensation and Benefits Managers in Massachusetts earn a median of $184,070. In Rhode Island, $149,340. After cost-of-living, the gap is 19.2% — not 23.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+23.3%
Massachusetts vs Rhode Island
COL-adjusted gap
+19.2%
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
Rhode Island
Compensation and Benefits Managers
- Median
- $149,340
- p25
- $122,410
- p75
- $231,450
- p10
- $93,230
- p90
- $264,210
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.3
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.