State comparison · 2025
Human Resources Specialists salary: Connecticut vs Massachusetts
Human Resources Specialists in Massachusetts earn a median of $85,630. In Connecticut, $82,890. After cost-of-living, the gap is 1.1% — not 3.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-3.2%
Connecticut vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-1.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Connecticut
Human Resources Specialists
- Median
- $82,890
- p25
- $63,480
- p75
- $107,280
- p10
- $51,000
- p90
- $134,810
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.6
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.