State comparison · 2025
Human Resources Specialists salary: Delaware vs Washington
Human Resources Specialists in Washington earn a median of $84,550. In Delaware, $77,700. After cost-of-living, the gap is 1.5% — not 8.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-8.1%
Delaware vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-1.5%
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
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.