State comparison · 2025
Human Resources Managers salary: Massachusetts vs South Carolina
Human Resources Managers in Massachusetts earn a median of $181,780. In South Carolina, $124,290. After cost-of-living, the gap is 29.5% — not 46.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+46.3%
Massachusetts vs South Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+29.5%
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%
South Carolina
Human Resources Managers
- Median
- $124,290
- p25
- $93,940
- p75
- $163,830
- p10
- $70,840
- p90
- $209,380
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 0%
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.