State comparison · 2025
Human Resources Managers salary: Arizona vs Massachusetts
Human Resources Managers in Massachusetts earn a median of $181,780. In Arizona, $139,820. After cost-of-living, the gap is 19.2% — not 23.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-23.1%
Arizona vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-19.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arizona
Human Resources Managers
- Median
- $139,820
- p25
- $110,240
- p75
- $177,010
- p10
- $88,410
- p90
- $225,500
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.7
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.