State comparison · 2025
Human Resources Managers salary: Arkansas vs Massachusetts
Human Resources Managers in Massachusetts earn a median of $181,780. In Arkansas, $108,580. After cost-of-living, the gap is 27.3% — not 40.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-40.3%
Arkansas vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-27.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arkansas
Human Resources Managers
- Median
- $108,580
- p25
- $83,240
- p75
- $154,390
- p10
- $62,370
- p90
- $218,830
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 86.9
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.