State comparison · 2025
Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists salary: Massachusetts vs Rhode Island
Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists in Massachusetts earn a median of $95,890. In Rhode Island, $80,330. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15.4% — not 19.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+19.4%
Massachusetts vs Rhode Island
COL-adjusted gap
+15.4%
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
Rhode Island
Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists
- Median
- $80,330
- p25
- $66,710
- p75
- $109,030
- p10
- $59,440
- p90
- $172,660
- 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.