State comparison · 2025
Human Resources Managers salary: Maryland vs Massachusetts
Human Resources Managers in Massachusetts earn a median of $181,780. In Maryland, $152,770. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15.3% — not 16%.
Nominal pay gap
-16%
Maryland vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-15.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Maryland
Human Resources Managers
- Median
- $152,770
- p25
- $115,570
- p75
- $192,990
- p10
- $92,630
- p90
- $236,830
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.0
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.