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Compensation and Benefits Managers · SOC 11-3111

Compensation and Benefits Managers Salary in the Cleveland Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Cleveland, OH metro area

Figures describe the Cleveland, OH metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Cleveland city limits.

Median annual wage$163,500
Median hourly wage$78.61

Compensation and Benefits Managers in the Cleveland, OH metro area earned a median of $163,500 per year ($78.61 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $96,490 at the 10th percentile to $235,860 at the 90th. BLS estimates 110 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Compensation and Benefits Managers in the Cleveland metro area earn more than $163,500 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $117,330 and $203,150.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$96,490$117,330$163,500$203,150$235,860
Hourly$46.39$56.41$78.61$97.67$113.39

A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.

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How this area compares

  • Cleveland metro areathis metro area
    $163,500
  • Ohiostate (OH)
    $141,920
  • United Statesnational
    $149,230

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

The median here is +15% vs Ohio overall and +10% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$73,870$123,180$172,490$221,800Columbia, SC — $73,870Boise City, ID — $85,270Baton Rouge, LA — $94,890Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $98,390Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $104,770Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $105,310Tallahassee, FL — $105,490Oklahoma City, OK — $107,780Urban Honolulu, HI — $110,120St. Louis, MO-IL — $110,470Toledo, OH — $110,870Tulsa, OK — $113,990Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $114,410Reno, NV — $115,180Kansas City, MO-KS — $115,200Jackson, MS — $115,540Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $119,490Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $119,970El Paso, TX — $120,830Omaha, NE-IA — $122,070San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $122,630Jacksonville, FL — $123,150North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $123,460Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $123,540Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $124,430Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $125,340Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $125,750Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $126,080New Haven, CT — $126,550Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $126,910Madison, WI — $127,670Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $127,730Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $127,920Winston-Salem, NC — $129,580Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $129,800Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $130,010Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $130,220Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $131,140Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $131,450Raleigh-Cary, NC — $131,510Greensboro-High Point, NC — $131,930Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $132,210Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $132,540Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $132,700Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $132,970Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $133,150Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $136,220Tucson, AZ — $138,560Rochester, NY — $139,380Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $140,870Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $140,940Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $142,950Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $144,510Pittsburgh, PA — $145,340Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $145,930Columbus, OH — $147,100Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $148,520Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $148,650Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $148,870Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $150,810Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $150,850Manchester-Nashua, NH — $151,120Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $151,860Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $155,340Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $155,380Birmingham, AL — $156,710Richmond, VA — $157,370Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $159,450San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $160,970Worcester, MA — $160,990Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $162,440Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $162,480Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $162,490Ann Arbor, MI — $162,720Salem, OR — $163,270Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $163,390Cleveland, OH — $163,500Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $166,100Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $167,450Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $168,540Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $168,850Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $171,950New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $179,730Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $185,590Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $186,700San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $188,850San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $215,180Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $216,580Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $218,860Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $221,800

Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.

The Cleveland metro area has the 14th-highest published median for this occupation among the 90 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Other metro areas in Ohio

Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for compensation and benefits managers, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.

  • Cleveland metro areathis page
    $163,500
  • Columbus metro area
    $147,100
  • Cincinnati metro area
    $136,220
  • Toledo metro area
    $110,870

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

Keep exploring

Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:

General and Operations Managers$97,750Financial Managers$157,900Medical and Health Services Managers$122,770Sales Managers$143,870Computer and Information Systems Managers$156,410Construction Managers$101,440

Highest-paying metro areas for compensation and benefits managerss · Highest-paying occupations in Cleveland Metro

About this estimate

These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.

Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology.

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.