State comparison · 2025
Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists salary: Massachusetts vs Tennessee
Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists in Massachusetts earn a median of $95,890. In Tennessee, $69,990. After cost-of-living, the gap is 19% — not 37%.
Nominal pay gap
+37%
Massachusetts vs Tennessee
COL-adjusted gap
+19%
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
Tennessee
Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists
- Median
- $69,990
- p25
- $56,030
- p75
- $84,990
- p10
- $47,560
- p90
- $112,320
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 91.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 0%
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.