State comparison · 2025
Human Resources Specialists salary: Kentucky vs Massachusetts
Human Resources Specialists in Massachusetts earn a median of $85,630. In Kentucky, $69,010. After cost-of-living, the gap is 5.5% — not 19.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-19.4%
Kentucky vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-5.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Kentucky
Human Resources Specialists
- Median
- $69,010
- p25
- $52,680
- p75
- $84,990
- p10
- $43,690
- p90
- $107,940
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -14%
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.