State comparison · 2025
Human Resources Specialists salary: Delaware vs District of Columbia
Human Resources Specialists in District of Columbia earn a median of $110,970. In Delaware, $77,700. After cost-of-living, the gap is 22.9% — not 30%.
Nominal pay gap
-30%
Delaware vs District of Columbia
COL-adjusted gap
-22.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Delaware
Human Resources Specialists
- Median
- $77,700
- p25
- $61,700
- p75
- $100,840
- p10
- $50,960
- p90
- $132,030
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 99.8
District of Columbia
Human Resources Specialists
- Median
- $110,970
- p25
- $82,270
- p75
- $148,700
- p10
- $65,280
- p90
- $170,330
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 109.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 0%
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.