State comparison · 2025
Human Resources Specialists salary: Massachusetts vs North Carolina
Human Resources Specialists in Massachusetts earn a median of $85,630. In North Carolina, $73,070. After cost-of-living, the gap is 4.5% — not 17.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+17.2%
Massachusetts vs North Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+4.5%
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%
North Carolina
Human Resources Specialists
- Median
- $73,070
- p25
- $56,850
- p75
- $96,910
- p10
- $46,760
- p90
- $126,000
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -55%
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.