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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 $144,720, New Jersey is the highest paying state for compensation and benefits managers. It is followed by Rhode Island (average annual salary $140,780). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2017 [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	New Jersey	$144,720	$96,550	380
2	Rhode Island	$140,780	$92,770	70
3	California	$138,850	$78,560	1,590
4	New York	$137,190	$85,620	1,490
5	Minnesota	$134,890	$77,170	540
6	Colorado	$132,700	$70,620	190
7	North Carolina	$132,330	$76,890	450
8	District of Columbia	$131,990	$99,120	120
9	Delaware	$131,800	$92,140	40
10	Connecticut	$128,270	$85,330	250
11	Maryland	$127,460	$90,390	450
12	Arkansas	$126,400	$49,190	150
13	Virginia	$125,450	$59,060	360
14	Washington	$125,200	$79,200	380
15	Georgia	$124,780	$68,620	480
16	Massachusetts	$122,720	$67,910	800
17	Texas	$120,210	$72,090	690
18	Pennsylvania	$115,960	$76,620	540
19	Missouri	$114,160	$82,420	260
20	Alabama	$111,890	$80,290	90
21	Illinois	$109,100	$68,420	1,000
22	New Hampshire	$108,650	$71,130	60
23	Ohio	$108,250	$67,370	560
24	Arizona	$105,200	$63,560	300
25	Alaska	$103,040	$50,370	30
26	Nebraska	$102,960	$49,540	180
27	South Carolina	$101,490	$53,070	150
28	North Dakota	$101,480	$56,730	40
29	Nevada	$101,040	$71,230	60
30	Michigan	$98,390	$60,760	340
31	Kansas	$97,780	$59,270	120
32	Maine	$97,450	$72,340	50
33	Kentucky	$97,120	$57,110	140
34	Wisconsin	$95,900	$54,660	340
35	Oregon	$95,740	$54,450	150
36	New Mexico	$95,390	$51,150	40
37	Florida	$95,360	$65,980	600
38	Hawaii	$93,320	$48,820	30
39	Indiana	$92,210	$52,130	260
40	Utah	$89,860	$61,940	170
41	South Dakota	$88,470	$65,720	30
42	Iowa	$87,760	$59,710	150
43	West Virginia	$86,850	$57,830	30
44	Tennessee	$82,220	$40,930	500
45	Oklahoma	$80,790	$53,130	230
46	Puerto Rico	$72,440	$41,920	50
47	Idaho	$72,060	$48,430	90
48	Louisiana	$64,640	$43,800	180
49	Mississippi	$54,760	$41,070	80

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.