State comparison · 2025
Human Resources Specialists salary: Connecticut vs Washington
Human Resources Specialists in Washington earn a median of $84,550. In Connecticut, $82,890. After cost-of-living, the gap is 1.3% — not 2%.
Nominal pay gap
-2%
Connecticut vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
+1.3%
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
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.