State comparison · 2025
Human Resources Managers salary: District of Columbia vs Massachusetts
Human Resources Managers in District of Columbia earn a median of $184,350. In Massachusetts, $181,780. After cost-of-living, the gap is 2.4% — not 1.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+1.4%
District of Columbia vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-2.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
District of Columbia
Human Resources Managers
- Median
- $184,350
- p25
- $141,420
- p75
- $211,580
- p10
- $113,300
- p90
- $275,000
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 109.9
Massachusetts
Human Resources Managers
- Median
- $181,780
- p25
- $136,600
- p75
- $229,510
- p10
- $99,990
- p90
- $315,700
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +400%
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.