State comparison · 2025
Compensation and Benefits Managers salary: Massachusetts vs Tennessee
Compensation and Benefits Managers in Massachusetts earn a median of $184,070. In Tennessee, $132,780. After cost-of-living, the gap is 20.4% — not 38.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+38.6%
Massachusetts vs Tennessee
COL-adjusted gap
+20.4%
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
Tennessee
Compensation and Benefits Managers
- Median
- $132,780
- p25
- $104,560
- p75
- $170,580
- p10
- $83,010
- p90
- $258,950
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 91.9
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.