State comparison · 2025
Human Resources Specialists salary: Massachusetts vs Wisconsin
Human Resources Specialists in Massachusetts earn a median of $85,630. In Wisconsin, $70,540. After cost-of-living, the gap is 8% — not 21.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+21.4%
Massachusetts vs Wisconsin
COL-adjusted gap
+8%
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%
Wisconsin
Human Resources Specialists
- Median
- $70,540
- p25
- $57,880
- p75
- $85,440
- p10
- $47,860
- p90
- $105,270
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +100%
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.