State comparison · 2025
Human Resources Managers salary: Massachusetts vs Mississippi
Human Resources Managers in Massachusetts earn a median of $181,780. In Mississippi, $106,100. After cost-of-living, the gap is 40.9% — not 71.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+71.3%
Massachusetts vs Mississippi
COL-adjusted gap
+40.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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%
Mississippi
Human Resources Managers
- Median
- $106,100
- p25
- $85,960
- p75
- $145,010
- p10
- $73,320
- p90
- $193,370
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.0
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.