State comparison · 2025
Human Resources Specialists salary: Kansas vs Massachusetts
Human Resources Specialists in Massachusetts earn a median of $85,630. In Kansas, $70,870. After cost-of-living, the gap is 2.8% — not 17.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-17.2%
Kansas vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-2.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Kansas
Human Resources Specialists
- Median
- $70,870
- p25
- $55,190
- p75
- $93,380
- p10
- $47,340
- p90
- $115,920
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
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.