Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists · SOC 13-1141

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialistss

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025U.S. metropolitan areas

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists. Areas where BLS suppressed the median are not ranked (3 such areas are excluded here). Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Top 25 of 233 metro areas

Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$133,700	770	0.7
2	Rochester, MN	$108,170	60	0.5
3	Boulder, CO	$103,280	120	0.6
4	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$102,780	2,440	1.0
5	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$99,150	2,630	1.0
6	Bellingham, WA	$97,940	70	0.7
7	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$97,310	4,070	0.7
8	Napa, CA	$95,530	30	0.4
9	Waterbury-Shelton, CT	$92,860	60	0.4
10	Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	$92,560	1,440	0.9
11	Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA	$91,700	40	0.4
12	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$91,660	2,620	0.8
13	Salinas, CA	$90,450	60	0.3
14	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$90,070	1,000	0.6
15	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA	$89,590	100	0.5
16	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$89,130	9,900	1.0
17	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	$89,040	960	0.8
18	Salem, OR	$88,110	160	0.8
19	Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT	$88,010	310	0.8
20	Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	$87,910	1,560	1.4
21	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA	$87,570	80	0.4
22	Fort Collins-Loveland, CO	$86,340	70	0.4
23	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$85,910	2,220	1.1
24	Worcester, MA	$85,660	230	0.7
25	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	$85,420	430	0.7

Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists overview.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.