State comparison · 2025
Human Resources Specialists salary: Colorado vs Texas
Human Resources Specialists in Colorado earn a median of $80,840. In Texas, $68,920. After cost-of-living, the gap is 10.5% — not 17.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+17.3%
Colorado vs Texas
COL-adjusted gap
+10.5%
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%
Texas
Human Resources Specialists
- Median
- $68,920
- p25
- $52,900
- p75
- $90,790
- p10
- $43,410
- p90
- $117,060
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -67%
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.