State comparison · 2025
Compensation and Benefits Managers salary: Massachusetts vs Utah
Compensation and Benefits Managers in Massachusetts earn a median of $184,070. In Utah, $132,620. After cost-of-living, the gap is 29.7% — not 38.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+38.8%
Massachusetts vs Utah
COL-adjusted gap
+29.7%
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
Utah
Compensation and Benefits Managers
- Median
- $132,620
- p25
- $98,300
- p75
- $167,980
- p10
- $80,990
- p90
- $213,870
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.9
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.