State comparison · 2025
Human Resources Managers salary: Alaska vs Massachusetts
Human Resources Managers in Massachusetts earn a median of $181,780. In Alaska, $129,570. After cost-of-living, the gap is 26.4% — not 28.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-28.7%
Alaska vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-26.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alaska
Human Resources Managers
- Median
- $129,570
- p25
- $102,260
- p75
- $160,670
- p10
- $79,020
- p90
- $196,700
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.4
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.