State comparison · 2025
Human Resources Managers salary: Massachusetts vs North Carolina
Human Resources Managers in Massachusetts earn a median of $181,780. In North Carolina, $142,990. After cost-of-living, the gap is 13.3% — not 27.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+27.1%
Massachusetts vs North Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+13.3%
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%
North Carolina
Human Resources Managers
- Median
- $142,990
- p25
- $115,850
- p75
- $187,520
- p10
- $90,390
- p90
- $260,610
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -20%
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.