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Compensation and Benefits Managers pay in Birmingham, AL and Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Compensation and Benefits Managers is $156,710 per year in Birmingham, AL. It is $221,800 per year in Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR. Birmingham, AL is 29.3% below Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 11-3111 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 30 wage and salary jobs in Birmingham, AL and 40 in Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings