State comparison · 2025
Human Resources Specialists salary: Arizona vs California
Human Resources Specialists in California earn a median of $83,500. In Arizona, $71,390. After cost-of-living, the gap is 6% — not 14.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-14.5%
Arizona vs California
COL-adjusted gap
-6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arizona
Human Resources Specialists
- Median
- $71,390
- p25
- $56,590
- p75
- $93,040
- p10
- $47,290
- p90
- $112,900
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -75%
California
Human Resources Specialists
- Median
- $83,500
- p25
- $66,060
- p75
- $117,430
- p10
- $52,770
- p90
- $151,410
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -37%
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.