State comparison · 2025
Human Resources Specialists salary: Massachusetts vs Vermont
Human Resources Specialists in Massachusetts earn a median of $85,630. In Vermont, $77,800. After cost-of-living, the gap is 1.9% — not 10.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+10.1%
Massachusetts vs Vermont
COL-adjusted gap
+1.9%
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%
Vermont
Human Resources Specialists
- Median
- $77,800
- p25
- $63,900
- p75
- $93,300
- p10
- $55,510
- p90
- $114,090
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.0
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.