State comparison · 2025
Human Resources Managers salary: Kansas vs Massachusetts
Human Resources Managers in Massachusetts earn a median of $181,780. In Kansas, $134,470. After cost-of-living, the gap is 13.1% — not 26%.
Nominal pay gap
-26%
Kansas vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-13.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Kansas
Human Resources Managers
- Median
- $134,470
- p25
- $109,540
- p75
- $172,830
- p10
- $91,990
- p90
- $219,980
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
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.