State comparison · 2025
Compensation and Benefits Managers salary: Massachusetts vs South Carolina
Compensation and Benefits Managers in Massachusetts earn a median of $184,070. In South Carolina, $99,630. After cost-of-living, the gap is 63.6% — not 84.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+84.8%
Massachusetts vs South Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+63.6%
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
South Carolina
Compensation and Benefits Managers
- Median
- $99,630
- p25
- $75,080
- p75
- $158,000
- p10
- $61,100
- p90
- $211,660
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.7
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.