State comparison · 2025
Human Resources Specialists salary: Florida vs Illinois
Human Resources Specialists in Illinois earn a median of $76,820. In Florida, $66,410. After cost-of-living, the gap is 16.4% — not 13.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-13.6%
Florida vs Illinois
COL-adjusted gap
-16.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Florida
Human Resources Specialists
- Median
- $66,410
- p25
- $51,200
- p75
- $90,350
- p10
- $44,920
- p90
- $115,920
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.4
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -83%
Illinois
Human Resources Specialists
- Median
- $76,820
- p25
- $60,750
- p75
- $98,580
- p10
- $48,980
- p90
- $123,940
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -54%
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.