State comparison · 2025
Human Resources Managers salary: Massachusetts vs Nebraska
Human Resources Managers in Massachusetts earn a median of $181,780. In Nebraska, $129,460. After cost-of-living, the gap is 19.6% — not 40.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+40.4%
Massachusetts vs Nebraska
COL-adjusted gap
+19.6%
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%
Nebraska
Human Resources Managers
- Median
- $129,460
- p25
- $102,740
- p75
- $161,420
- p10
- $81,990
- p90
- $205,180
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
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.