State comparison · 2025
Human Resources Specialists salary: Massachusetts vs Missouri
Human Resources Specialists in Massachusetts earn a median of $85,630. In Missouri, $66,990. After cost-of-living, the gap is 9.7% — not 27.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+27.8%
Massachusetts vs Missouri
COL-adjusted gap
+9.7%
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%
Missouri
Human Resources Specialists
- Median
- $66,990
- p25
- $51,710
- p75
- $89,860
- p10
- $44,730
- p90
- $110,660
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +200%
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.