State comparison · 2025
Human Resources Managers salary: Massachusetts vs Missouri
Human Resources Managers in Massachusetts earn a median of $181,780. In Missouri, $130,680. After cost-of-living, the gap is 19.4% — not 39.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+39.1%
Massachusetts vs Missouri
COL-adjusted gap
+19.4%
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%
Missouri
Human Resources Managers
- Median
- $130,680
- p25
- $98,810
- p75
- $169,220
- p10
- $81,730
- p90
- $225,160
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 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.