State comparison · 2025
Human Resources Managers salary: Colorado vs Massachusetts
Human Resources Managers in Massachusetts earn a median of $181,780. In Colorado, $166,400. After cost-of-living, the gap is 6.1% — not 8.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-8.5%
Colorado vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-6.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Colorado
Human Resources Managers
- Median
- $166,400
- p25
- $133,100
- p75
- $208,030
- p10
- $103,580
- p90
- $276,380
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -75%
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.