State comparison · 2025
Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists salary: Massachusetts vs Virginia
Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists in Massachusetts earn a median of $95,890. In Virginia, $81,190. After cost-of-living, the gap is 12.9% — not 18.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+18.1%
Massachusetts vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+12.9%
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
Virginia
Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists
- Median
- $81,190
- p25
- $63,510
- p75
- $102,850
- p10
- $54,410
- p90
- $136,030
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 101.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -67%
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.