State comparison · 2025
Human Resources Specialists salary: Massachusetts vs Pennsylvania
Human Resources Specialists in Massachusetts earn a median of $85,630. In Pennsylvania, $70,450. After cost-of-living, the gap is 12.1% — not 21.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+21.5%
Massachusetts vs Pennsylvania
COL-adjusted gap
+12.1%
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%
Pennsylvania
Human Resources Specialists
- Median
- $70,450
- p25
- $56,050
- p75
- $90,920
- p10
- $46,610
- p90
- $119,850
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +133%
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.