State comparison · 2025
Human Resources Specialists salary: Arizona vs District of Columbia
Human Resources Specialists in District of Columbia earn a median of $110,970. In Arizona, $71,390. After cost-of-living, the gap is 29.8% — not 35.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-35.7%
Arizona vs District of Columbia
COL-adjusted gap
-29.8%
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%
District of Columbia
Human Resources Specialists
- Median
- $110,970
- p25
- $82,270
- p75
- $148,700
- p10
- $65,280
- p90
- $170,330
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 109.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 0%
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.