State comparison · 2025
Human Resources Managers salary: Kentucky vs New York
Human Resources Managers in New York earn a median of $176,650. In Kentucky, $121,460. After cost-of-living, the gap is 17.8% — not 31.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-31.2%
Kentucky vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-17.8%
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
New York
Human Resources Managers
- Median
- $176,650
- p25
- $133,180
- p75
- $231,380
- p10
- $105,380
- p90
- $321,880
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -45%
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.