State comparison · 2025
Human Resources Specialists salary: Illinois vs Indiana
Human Resources Specialists in Illinois earn a median of $76,820. In Indiana, $65,600. After cost-of-living, the gap is 9.3% — not 17.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+17.1%
Illinois vs Indiana
COL-adjusted gap
+9.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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%
Indiana
Human Resources Specialists
- Median
- $65,600
- p25
- $52,450
- p75
- $84,740
- p10
- $44,810
- p90
- $106,830
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -60%
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.