State comparison · 2025
Human Resources Specialists salary: Georgia vs Massachusetts
Human Resources Specialists in Massachusetts earn a median of $85,630. In Georgia, $70,570. After cost-of-living, the gap is 9.5% — not 17.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-17.6%
Georgia vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-9.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Georgia
Human Resources Specialists
- Median
- $70,570
- p25
- $53,680
- p75
- $95,610
- p10
- $44,580
- p90
- $125,540
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 96.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -74%
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.