State comparison · 2025
Human Resources Specialists salary: Kentucky vs Washington
Human Resources Specialists in Washington earn a median of $84,550. In Kentucky, $69,010. After cost-of-living, the gap is 3.2% — not 18.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-18.4%
Kentucky vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-3.2%
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%
Washington
Human Resources Specialists
- Median
- $84,550
- p25
- $69,200
- p75
- $110,550
- p10
- $57,030
- p90
- $136,070
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -61%
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.