State comparison · 2025
Human Resources Managers salary: Alabama vs Massachusetts
Human Resources Managers in Massachusetts earn a median of $181,780. In Alabama, $113,210. After cost-of-living, the gap is 25.8% — not 37.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-37.7%
Alabama vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-25.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alabama
Human Resources Managers
- Median
- $113,210
- p25
- $85,640
- p75
- $153,650
- p10
- $70,520
- p90
- $195,570
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.8
Massachusetts
Human Resources Managers
- Median
- $181,780
- p25
- $136,600
- p75
- $229,510
- p10
- $99,990
- p90
- $315,700
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +400%
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. Cost-of-living adjustment from BEA Regional Price Parities (overall index). Hiring velocity from DOL OFLC public disclosure data, recent 180 days vs prior. See methodology.