State comparison · 2025
Human Resources Specialists salary: Idaho vs Massachusetts
Human Resources Specialists in Massachusetts earn a median of $85,630. In Idaho, $64,990. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15.9% — not 24.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-24.1%
Idaho vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-15.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Idaho
Human Resources Specialists
- Median
- $64,990
- p25
- $49,460
- p75
- $81,050
- p10
- $43,820
- p90
- $102,490
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 95.5
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.