State comparison · 2025
Human Resources Specialists salary: Massachusetts vs Rhode Island
Human Resources Specialists in Massachusetts earn a median of $85,630. In Rhode Island, $77,560. After cost-of-living, the gap is 6.8% — not 10.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+10.4%
Massachusetts vs Rhode Island
COL-adjusted gap
+6.8%
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%
Rhode Island
Human Resources Specialists
- Median
- $77,560
- p25
- $62,180
- p75
- $97,210
- p10
- $51,270
- p90
- $128,250
- 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.