State comparison · 2025
Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists salary: Massachusetts vs West Virginia
Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists in Massachusetts earn a median of $95,890. In West Virginia, $48,080. After cost-of-living, the gap is 68.7% — not 99.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+99.4%
Massachusetts vs West Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+68.7%
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
West Virginia
Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists
- Median
- $48,080
- p25
- $40,770
- p75
- $68,820
- p10
- $37,120
- p90
- $119,960
- 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.