State comparison · 2025
Human Resources Specialists salary: California vs Colorado
Human Resources Specialists in California earn a median of $83,500. In Colorado, $80,840. After cost-of-living, the gap is 3.8% — not 3.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+3.3%
California vs Colorado
COL-adjusted gap
-3.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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%
Colorado
Human Resources Specialists
- Median
- $80,840
- p25
- $62,400
- p75
- $104,750
- p10
- $51,290
- p90
- $133,850
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +167%
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.