State comparison · 2025
Human Resources Managers salary: Maine vs Massachusetts
Human Resources Managers in Massachusetts earn a median of $181,780. In Maine, $129,720. After cost-of-living, the gap is 22.2% — not 28.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-28.6%
Maine vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-22.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Maine
Human Resources Managers
- Median
- $129,720
- p25
- $97,350
- p75
- $168,560
- p10
- $74,150
- p90
- $207,160
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
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.