State comparison · 2025
Human Resources Managers salary: Massachusetts vs Virginia
Human Resources Managers in Massachusetts earn a median of $181,780. In Virginia, $165,980. After cost-of-living, the gap is 4.7% — not 9.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+9.5%
Massachusetts vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+4.7%
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%
Virginia
Human Resources Managers
- Median
- $165,980
- p25
- $129,800
- p75
- $209,960
- p10
- $105,130
- p90
- $272,070
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 101.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -60%
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.