State comparison · 2025
Compensation and Benefits Managers salary: Massachusetts vs Washington
Compensation and Benefits Managers in Washington earn a median of $199,190. In Massachusetts, $184,070. After cost-of-living, the gap is 6.5% — not 7.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-7.6%
Massachusetts vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-6.5%
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
Washington
Compensation and Benefits Managers
- Median
- $199,190
- p25
- $140,850
- p75
- $256,570
- p10
- $116,830
- p90
- $301,180
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.0
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.