State comparison · 2025
Human Resources Managers salary: Massachusetts vs Wisconsin
Human Resources Managers in Massachusetts earn a median of $181,780. In Wisconsin, $133,490. After cost-of-living, the gap is 21.1% — not 36.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+36.2%
Massachusetts vs Wisconsin
COL-adjusted gap
+21.1%
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%
Wisconsin
Human Resources Managers
- Median
- $133,490
- p25
- $107,290
- p75
- $168,250
- p10
- $91,520
- p90
- $215,620
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.1
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.