State comparison · 2025
Human Resources Specialists salary: Indiana vs Massachusetts
Human Resources Specialists in Massachusetts earn a median of $85,630. In Indiana, $65,600. After cost-of-living, the gap is 13.1% — not 23.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-23.4%
Indiana vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-13.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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%
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.