State comparison · 2025
Human Resources Specialists salary: Alabama vs Massachusetts
Human Resources Specialists in Massachusetts earn a median of $85,630. In Alabama, $64,940. After cost-of-living, the gap is 9.6% — not 24.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-24.2%
Alabama vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-9.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alabama
Human Resources Specialists
- Median
- $64,940
- p25
- $50,930
- p75
- $85,030
- p10
- $41,890
- p90
- $112,880
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.8
Massachusetts
Human Resources Specialists
- Median
- $85,630
- p25
- $67,050
- p75
- $115,060
- p10
- $57,500
- p90
- $145,130
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -75%
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.