State comparison · 2025
Compensation and Benefits Managers salary: Massachusetts vs Texas
Compensation and Benefits Managers in Massachusetts earn a median of $184,070. In Texas, $136,930. After cost-of-living, the gap is 23.4% — not 34.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+34.4%
Massachusetts vs Texas
COL-adjusted gap
+23.4%
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
Texas
Compensation and Benefits Managers
- Median
- $136,930
- p25
- $106,470
- p75
- $178,920
- p10
- $86,550
- p90
- $216,890
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
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.