State comparison · 2025
Human Resources Specialists salary: Illinois vs Massachusetts
Human Resources Specialists in Massachusetts earn a median of $85,630. In Illinois, $76,820. After cost-of-living, the gap is 5.1% — not 10.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-10.3%
Illinois vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-5.1%
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%
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.