Highest-paying Cities for Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists

The top 100 highest paying cities for compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists (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, benefits, and job analysis specialists in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $115,200, California-Lexington Park, Maryland is the highest paying city for compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists. It is followed by San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California (average annual salary $111,990). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	California-Lexington Park, Maryland	$115,200	$67,740	n/a
2	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$111,990	$68,660	750
3	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$99,420	$61,140	2,420
4	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$94,490	$61,220	1,810
5	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$87,360	$61,890	420
6	Newark-Union, Pennsylvania	$87,310	$56,790	590
7	Napa, California	$84,310	$64,580	30
8	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$83,570	$58,440	280
9	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$83,530	$53,020	2,130
10	Rochester, Minnesota	$83,430	$52,250	50
11	Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina	$83,400	$51,570	390
12	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$83,360	$53,000	6,920
13	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$82,350	$55,940	2,010
14	Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, Washington	$82,230	$55,780	40
15	Boulder, Colorado	$81,550	$55,950	70
16	Vallejo-Fairfield, California	$81,220	$59,520	60
17	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$81,220	$57,280	1,110
18	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$81,100	$62,830	450
19	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$80,850	$61,110	1,480
20	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$80,540	$52,970	800
21	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$79,510	$56,260	1,070
22	Spokane, Washington	$79,490	$51,490	90
23	Portsmouth, New Hampshire	$79,400	$50,450	30
24	Salinas, California	$79,390	$55,390	60
25	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$79,370	$60,720	1,270
26	Reno-Sparks, Nevada	$79,100	$52,510	50
27	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$78,870	$62,750	110
28	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California	$78,580	$65,140	190
29	Salem, Oregon	$78,350	$50,530	110
30	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California	$78,010	$52,870	70
31	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia	$77,920	$51,800	1,640
32	Fort Collins-Loveland, Colorado	$77,810	$35,430	50
33	Richmond, Virginia	$77,740	$51,870	580
34	Burlington, North Carolina	$77,640	$55,050	n/a
35	Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area, New Mexico	$77,540	$37,230	30
36	Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, Maine	$77,490	$53,900	110
37	Danbury, Connecticut	$77,470	$54,080	40
38	New Haven, Connecticut	$77,130	$46,360	90
39	Nevada nonmetropolitan area, Nevada	$77,130	$50,800	n/a
40	Peoria, Illinois	$76,870	$47,550	70
41	St Louis, Missouri	$76,810	$45,790	590
42	Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, New Hampshire	$76,780	$57,180	50
43	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$76,610	$53,390	850
44	San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, California	$76,600	$46,780	60
45	Appleton, Wisconsin	$76,490	$46,350	60
46	Modesto, California	$76,450	$52,690	100
47	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$76,020	$51,910	990
48	Edison-New Brunswick, New Jersey	$75,490	$45,860	650
49	Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio	$75,430	$46,910	550
50	Bloomsburg-Berwick, Pennsylvania	$75,340	$48,490	30
51	Syracuse, New York	$75,090	$47,600	170
52	Atlantic City-Hammonton, New Jersey	$75,000	$59,550	40
53	Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan	$74,980	$47,420	1,270
54	Oshkosh-Neenah, Wisconsin	$74,930	$48,070	40
55	Bend, Oregon	$74,770	$48,710	40
56	Ann Arbor, Michigan	$74,680	$50,990	120
57	East Arkansas nonmetropolitan area, Arkansas	$74,660	$34,370	30
58	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$74,600	$53,450	730
59	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$74,560	$48,280	3,920
60	Worcester, Massachusetts	$74,450	$44,240	180
61	Burlington-South Burlington, Vermont	$74,010	$58,670	40
62	Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$73,880	$52,580	100
63	Las Cruces, New Mexico	$73,750	$59,050	30
64	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$73,620	$49,120	2,570
65	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California	$73,530	$47,930	1,910
66	Omaha-Council Bluffs, Nebraska	$73,250	$49,700	250
67	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington	$73,240	$50,210	1,190
68	Pittsfield, Massachusetts	$73,090	$50,310	30
69	Stockton, California	$73,020	$48,690	100
70	Barnstable Town, Massachusetts	$73,010	$56,020	40
71	Norwich-New London, Rhode Island	$72,840	$41,370	60
72	Nashua, New Hampshire	$72,700	$47,170	40
73	Waterbury, Connecticut	$72,310	$48,700	30
74	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	$72,120	$48,630	740
75	Fargo, North Dakota	$71,690	$47,570	50
76	Framingham, Massachusetts	$71,670	$43,990	130
77	Lawrence-Methuen-Salem, New Hampshire	$71,510	$50,490	40
78	St George, Utah	$71,360	$37,680	30
79	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$71,340	$39,870	1,170
80	Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas	$71,190	$44,270	1,520
81	New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York	$71,070	$47,030	7,920
82	Des Moines-West Des Moines, Iowa	$71,040	$50,060	310
83	St Cloud, Minnesota	$70,980	$55,150	40
84	Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona	$70,870	$41,360	1,400
85	Nassau-Suffolk, New York	$70,560	$43,030	810
86	Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton, Massachusetts	$70,510	$44,880	30
87	Kansas City, Missouri	$70,450	$44,650	580
88	Columbus, Ohio	$70,000	$44,760	570
89	Merced, California	$69,790	$53,570	n/a
90	Rochester, New York	$69,720	$47,940	360
91	Northwestern Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$69,610	$38,380	40
92	Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick, Maryland	$68,910	$45,780	410
93	Wichita, Kansas	$68,650	$46,380	90
94	Reading, Pennsylvania	$68,520	$45,680	100
95	Topeka, Kansas	$68,490	$46,900	40
96	Salt Lake City, Utah	$68,010	$39,370	560
97	Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin	$67,880	$48,730	490
98	Southeast Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$67,830	$56,440	60
99	Far Western Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania	$67,770	$41,000	60
100	Santa Fe, New Mexico	$67,750	$54,660	30

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