State comparison · 2025
Human Resources Specialists salary: Colorado vs Massachusetts
Human Resources Specialists in Massachusetts earn a median of $85,630. In Colorado, $80,840. After cost-of-living, the gap is 3.1% — not 5.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-5.6%
Colorado vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-3.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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%
Massachusetts
Human Resources Specialists
- Median
- $85,630
- p25
- $67,050
- p75
- $115,060
- p10
- $57,500
- p90
- $145,130
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -75%
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.