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Highest Paying States for Compensation and Benefits Managers

The highest paying states for compensation and benefits managers (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of compensation and benefits managers in those states are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with an annual salary of $152,380, Delaware is the highest paying state for compensation and benefits managers. It is followed by New Jersey (average annual salary $151,500). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2018 [1]. For more salary information of compensation and benefits managers in a specific state, use the links in the table.

Table 1. Highest Paying States for Compensation and Benefits Managers

Rank	State	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Delaware	$152,380	$103,060	40
2	New Jersey	$151,500	$99,540	400
3	Rhode Island	$145,610	$93,090	60
4	Minnesota	$141,950	$84,020	500
5	New York	$140,260	$87,740	1,550
6	Connecticut	$139,410	$87,800	310
7	California	$135,600	$80,840	1,590
8	District of Columbia	$134,380	$95,860	130
9	Colorado	$134,360	$85,720	150
10	Maryland	$131,560	$92,070	380
11	Georgia	$126,830	$79,450	540
12	Washington	$125,900	$81,610	340
13	Missouri	$124,560	$83,830	220
14	Pennsylvania	$123,120	$74,490	490
15	Virginia	$122,100	$59,210	370
16	North Carolina	$120,940	$64,440	550
17	Massachusetts	$120,630	$66,930	810
18	Nevada	$119,950	$79,330	80
19	Texas	$116,080	$69,930	740
20	New Hampshire	$112,780	$73,610	60
21	Alabama	$112,230	$77,140	70
22	Ohio	$111,350	$63,520	560
23	New Mexico	$109,950	$74,810	30
24	Illinois	$109,140	$70,780	1,050
25	Michigan	$108,600	$70,290	300
26	Arizona	$107,280	$65,660	290
27	Wisconsin	$106,680	$67,310	290
28	Alaska	$103,040	$50,370	30
29	Oregon	$102,260	$59,840	140
30	South Carolina	$102,150	$59,250	140
31	North Dakota	$101,480	$56,730	40
32	Kansas	$100,720	$68,920	110
33	Nebraska	$100,180	$59,630	180
34	Iowa	$98,660	$61,800	120
35	Maine	$97,830	$67,660	40
36	Florida	$95,820	$62,810	680
37	Utah	$94,910	$62,840	210
38	Indiana	$94,860	$54,650	230
39	Hawaii	$93,320	$48,820	30
40	Tennessee	$92,870	$45,870	520
41	West Virginia	$89,920	$47,210	40
42	South Dakota	$88,470	$65,720	30
43	Kentucky	$87,110	$51,000	110
44	Arkansas	$83,680	$47,550	110
45	Oklahoma	$83,330	$54,560	180
46	Idaho	$77,500	$54,950	80
47	Puerto Rico	$76,540	$34,350	40
48	Mississippi	$76,260	$47,420	60
49	Louisiana	$70,060	$48,010	170

Note: some states are missing from this table because the median salary information of compensation and benefits managers in those states is not available at this time.