State comparison · 2025
Human Resources Managers salary: Kentucky vs Massachusetts
Human Resources Managers in Massachusetts earn a median of $181,780. In Kentucky, $121,460. After cost-of-living, the gap is 21.6% — not 33.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-33.2%
Kentucky vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-21.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Kentucky
Human Resources Managers
- Median
- $121,460
- p25
- $96,070
- p75
- $155,170
- p10
- $76,520
- p90
- $194,280
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.2
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.