State comparison · 2025
Compensation and Benefits Managers salary: Massachusetts vs Virginia
Compensation and Benefits Managers in Massachusetts earn a median of $184,070. In Virginia, $153,660. After cost-of-living, the gap is 14.5% — not 19.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+19.8%
Massachusetts vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+14.5%
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
Virginia
Compensation and Benefits Managers
- Median
- $153,660
- p25
- $126,570
- p75
- $215,060
- p10
- $110,070
- p90
- $281,000
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 101.1
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.