State comparison · 2025
Human Resources Specialists salary: Florida vs Massachusetts
Human Resources Specialists in Massachusetts earn a median of $85,630. In Florida, $66,410. After cost-of-living, the gap is 20.6% — not 22.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-22.4%
Florida vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-20.6%
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%
Massachusetts
Human Resources Specialists
- Median
- $85,630
- p25
- $67,050
- p75
- $115,060
- p10
- $57,500
- p90
- $145,130
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -75%
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.