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Compensation and Benefits Managers pay in Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR and Worcester, MA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Compensation and Benefits Managers is $221,800 per year in Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR. It is $160,990 per year in Worcester, MA. Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR is 37.8% above Worcester, MA 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 40 wage and salary jobs in Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR and 40 in Worcester, MA. 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