State comparison · 2025
Human Resources Specialists salary: Colorado vs Washington
Human Resources Specialists in Washington earn a median of $84,550. In Colorado, $80,840. After cost-of-living, the gap is 0.8% — not 4.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-4.4%
Colorado vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-0.8%
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%
Washington
Human Resources Specialists
- Median
- $84,550
- p25
- $69,200
- p75
- $110,550
- p10
- $57,030
- p90
- $136,070
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -61%
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.