State comparison · 2025
Human Resources Managers salary: California vs Massachusetts
Human Resources Managers in Massachusetts earn a median of $181,780. In California, $170,080. After cost-of-living, the gap is 10.6% — not 6.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-6.4%
California vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-10.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
California
Human Resources Managers
- Median
- $170,080
- p25
- $129,210
- p75
- $224,990
- p10
- $96,430
- p90
- $307,600
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -35%
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.