State comparison · 2025
Human Resources Specialists salary: Alaska vs Massachusetts
Human Resources Specialists in Massachusetts earn a median of $85,630. In Alaska, $76,990. After cost-of-living, the gap is 7.1% — not 10.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-10.1%
Alaska vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-7.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alaska
Human Resources Specialists
- Median
- $76,990
- p25
- $61,840
- p75
- $92,320
- p10
- $49,910
- p90
- $114,330
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.4
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.