State comparison · 2025
Human Resources Specialists salary: Massachusetts vs Minnesota
Human Resources Specialists in Massachusetts earn a median of $85,630. In Minnesota, $78,760. After cost-of-living, the gap is 1.3% — not 8.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+8.7%
Massachusetts vs Minnesota
COL-adjusted gap
+1.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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%
Minnesota
Human Resources Specialists
- Median
- $78,760
- p25
- $61,860
- p75
- $100,930
- p10
- $50,330
- p90
- $127,060
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.6
- 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.