State comparison · 2025
Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists salary: Massachusetts vs South Carolina
Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists in Massachusetts earn a median of $95,890. In South Carolina, $63,450. After cost-of-living, the gap is 33.8% — not 51.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+51.1%
Massachusetts vs South Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+33.8%
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
South Carolina
Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists
- Median
- $63,450
- p25
- $49,100
- p75
- $81,990
- p10
- $41,580
- p90
- $104,860
- 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.