State comparison · 2025
Human Resources Managers salary: Massachusetts vs New Jersey
Human Resources Managers in Massachusetts earn a median of $181,780. In New Jersey, $172,440. After cost-of-living, the gap is 8.4% — not 5.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+5.4%
Massachusetts vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
+8.4%
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%
New Jersey
Human Resources Managers
- Median
- $172,440
- p25
- $135,940
- p75
- $218,050
- p10
- $108,040
- p90
- $294,570
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 108.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -87%
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.