State comparison · 2025
Human Resources Managers salary: Massachusetts vs Tennessee
Human Resources Managers in Massachusetts earn a median of $181,780. In Tennessee, $131,760. After cost-of-living, the gap is 19.8% — not 38%.
Nominal pay gap
+38%
Massachusetts vs Tennessee
COL-adjusted gap
+19.8%
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%
Tennessee
Human Resources Managers
- Median
- $131,760
- p25
- $103,560
- p75
- $168,970
- p10
- $85,160
- p90
- $218,300
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 91.9
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.