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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 $175,250, New Jersey is the highest paying state for compensation and benefits managers. It is followed by Delaware (average annual salary $169,100). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2020 [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 (2019 Survey)

Rank	State	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	New Jersey	$175,250	$114,710	430
2	Delaware	$169,100	$107,100	40
3	Rhode Island	$162,170	$103,440	50
4	Connecticut	$159,050	$95,280	410
5	New York	$158,380	$102,040	1,550
6	Colorado	$155,770	$100,220	160
7	Maryland	$144,700	$95,370	400
8	Washington	$137,370	$93,270	280
9	California	$137,150	$80,490	1,590
10	Virginia	$130,500	$86,930	310
11	District of Columbia	$130,110	$87,040	110
12	Ohio	$123,000	$69,630	470
13	Illinois	$120,950	$74,060	1,210
14	Massachusetts	$120,820	$70,890	830
15	Michigan	$119,390	$81,090	340
16	Wisconsin	$116,910	$75,820	240
17	New Hampshire	$116,850	$80,730	90
18	Missouri	$116,760	$73,750	130
19	Georgia	$116,380	$77,300	710
20	Kansas	$114,540	$85,470	90
21	Pennsylvania	$112,210	$42,000	710
22	North Carolina	$111,690	$58,500	530
23	Hawaii	$109,690	$62,090	40
24	Iowa	$109,250	$68,480	120
25	South Carolina	$108,510	$63,710	160
26	Minnesota	$108,350	$70,020	420
27	Nevada	$107,930	$71,000	120
28	Indiana	$107,310	$61,640	170
29	Texas	$106,630	$60,400	1,410
30	Oregon	$105,990	$58,500	150
31	Florida	$105,980	$64,340	800
32	Arizona	$104,680	$61,840	270
33	North Dakota	$101,480	$56,730	40
34	West Virginia	$101,280	$50,240	30
35	Alabama	$99,670	$45,590	60
36	Oklahoma	$98,330	$61,890	140
37	Nebraska	$98,140	$65,750	160
38	Alaska	$96,870	$67,390	50
39	Utah	$96,210	$66,970	200
40	Maine	$95,960	$51,230	40
41	Tennessee	$94,810	$55,310	350
42	New Mexico	$93,350	$58,830	40
43	Arkansas	$92,090	$52,330	150
44	Mississippi	$89,410	$51,630	60
45	South Dakota	$88,470	$65,720	30
46	Kentucky	$87,320	$52,440	110
47	Idaho	$83,060	$49,140	80
48	Louisiana	$81,040	$54,610	200
49	Puerto Rico	$78,060	$42,830	40

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.