State comparison · 2025
Human Resources Specialists salary: Massachusetts vs Tennessee
Human Resources Specialists in Massachusetts earn a median of $85,630. In Tennessee, $67,370. After cost-of-living, the gap is 10.4% — not 27.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+27.1%
Massachusetts vs Tennessee
COL-adjusted gap
+10.4%
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%
Tennessee
Human Resources Specialists
- Median
- $67,370
- p25
- $53,890
- p75
- $85,200
- p10
- $45,630
- p90
- $109,990
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 91.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -33%
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.