State comparison · 2025
Human Resources Specialists salary: Iowa vs Massachusetts
Human Resources Specialists in Massachusetts earn a median of $85,630. In Iowa, $66,710. After cost-of-living, the gap is 6.1% — not 22.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-22.1%
Iowa vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-6.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Iowa
Human Resources Specialists
- Median
- $66,710
- p25
- $53,890
- p75
- $85,770
- p10
- $45,400
- p90
- $110,640
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 0%
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.