State comparison · 2025
Human Resources Specialists salary: Massachusetts vs Virginia
Human Resources Specialists in Massachusetts earn a median of $85,630. In Virginia, $82,090. After cost-of-living, the gap is 0.3% — not 4.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+4.3%
Massachusetts vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
-0.3%
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%
Virginia
Human Resources Specialists
- Median
- $82,090
- p25
- $62,070
- p75
- $108,970
- p10
- $48,530
- p90
- $136,660
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 101.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +20%
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.