State comparison · 2025
Human Resources Specialists salary: Arizona vs Massachusetts
Human Resources Specialists in Massachusetts earn a median of $85,630. In Arizona, $71,390. After cost-of-living, the gap is 12.4% — not 16.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-16.6%
Arizona vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-12.4%
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%
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.