State comparison · 2025
Human Resources Specialists salary: Maryland vs Massachusetts
Human Resources Specialists in Massachusetts earn a median of $85,630. In Maryland, $83,910. After cost-of-living, the gap is 1.3% — not 2%.
Nominal pay gap
-2%
Maryland vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-1.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Maryland
Human Resources Specialists
- Median
- $83,910
- p25
- $64,760
- p75
- $111,530
- p10
- $54,410
- p90
- $139,400
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -44%
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.