State comparison · 2025
Human Resources Managers salary: Illinois vs Massachusetts
Human Resources Managers in Massachusetts earn a median of $181,780. In Illinois, $151,370. After cost-of-living, the gap is 11.9% — not 16.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-16.7%
Illinois vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-11.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Illinois
Human Resources Managers
- Median
- $151,370
- p25
- $114,940
- p75
- $196,630
- p10
- $90,820
- p90
- $267,520
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -50%
Massachusetts
Human Resources Managers
- Median
- $181,780
- p25
- $136,600
- p75
- $229,510
- p10
- $99,990
- p90
- $315,700
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +400%
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.