State comparison · 2025
Human Resources Specialists salary: California vs Oregon
Human Resources Specialists in California earn a median of $83,500. In Oregon, $78,060. After cost-of-living, the gap is 0.1% — not 7%.
Nominal pay gap
+7%
California vs Oregon
COL-adjusted gap
-0.1%
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%
Oregon
Human Resources Specialists
- Median
- $78,060
- p25
- $62,820
- p75
- $99,860
- p10
- $51,480
- p90
- $126,280
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.4
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +100%
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.