State comparison · 2025
Compensation and Benefits Managers salary: Massachusetts vs West Virginia
Compensation and Benefits Managers in Massachusetts earn a median of $184,070. In West Virginia, $94,990. After cost-of-living, the gap is 63.9% — not 93.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+93.8%
Massachusetts vs West Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+63.9%
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
West Virginia
Compensation and Benefits Managers
- Median
- $94,990
- p25
- $78,560
- p75
- $139,580
- p10
- $70,020
- p90
- $164,060
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 89.5
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.