State comparison · 2025
Human Resources Specialists salary: Massachusetts vs New York
Human Resources Specialists in Massachusetts earn a median of $85,630. In New York, $84,380. After cost-of-living, the gap is 3.5% — not 1.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+1.5%
Massachusetts vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
+3.5%
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%
New York
Human Resources Specialists
- Median
- $84,380
- p25
- $65,260
- p75
- $118,380
- p10
- $56,040
- p90
- $149,990
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -67%
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.