State comparison · 2025
Human Resources Specialists salary: Maine vs Massachusetts
Human Resources Specialists in Massachusetts earn a median of $85,630. In Maine, $71,630. After cost-of-living, the gap is 8.9% — not 16.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-16.3%
Maine vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-8.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Maine
Human Resources Specialists
- Median
- $71,630
- p25
- $57,690
- p75
- $89,860
- p10
- $45,850
- p90
- $105,840
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
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.