State comparison · 2025
Human Resources Specialists salary: Indiana vs Washington
Human Resources Specialists in Washington earn a median of $84,550. In Indiana, $65,600. After cost-of-living, the gap is 11% — not 22.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-22.4%
Indiana vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-11%
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%
Washington
Human Resources Specialists
- Median
- $84,550
- p25
- $69,200
- p75
- $110,550
- p10
- $57,030
- p90
- $136,070
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -61%
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.