State comparison · 2025
Human Resources Managers salary: Iowa vs Massachusetts
Human Resources Managers in Massachusetts earn a median of $181,780. In Iowa, $126,370. After cost-of-living, the gap is 16.2% — not 30.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-30.5%
Iowa vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-16.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Iowa
Human Resources Managers
- Median
- $126,370
- p25
- $104,010
- p75
- $159,160
- p10
- $86,190
- p90
- $206,900
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
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.