State comparison · 2025
Compensation and Benefits Managers salary: Massachusetts vs Wisconsin
Compensation and Benefits Managers in Massachusetts earn a median of $184,070. In Wisconsin, $127,920. After cost-of-living, the gap is 28% — not 43.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+43.9%
Massachusetts vs Wisconsin
COL-adjusted gap
+28%
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
Wisconsin
Compensation and Benefits Managers
- Median
- $127,920
- p25
- $101,540
- p75
- $178,870
- p10
- $86,490
- p90
- $214,250
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.1
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.