State comparison · 2025
Human Resources Managers salary: Massachusetts vs Rhode Island
Human Resources Managers in Massachusetts earn a median of $181,780. In Rhode Island, $167,110. After cost-of-living, the gap is 5.2% — not 8.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+8.8%
Massachusetts vs Rhode Island
COL-adjusted gap
+5.2%
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%
Rhode Island
Human Resources Managers
- Median
- $167,110
- p25
- $125,040
- p75
- $218,530
- p10
- $106,480
- p90
- $268,040
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.3
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.