State comparison · 2025
Human Resources Managers salary: Louisiana vs Massachusetts
Human Resources Managers in Massachusetts earn a median of $181,780. In Louisiana, $107,880. After cost-of-living, the gap is 28.8% — not 40.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-40.7%
Louisiana vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-28.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Louisiana
Human Resources Managers
- Median
- $107,880
- p25
- $91,550
- p75
- $137,260
- p10
- $75,690
- p90
- $177,870
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.2
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.