State comparison · 2025
Human Resources Specialists salary: Mississippi vs Washington
Human Resources Specialists in Washington earn a median of $84,550. In Mississippi, $60,300. After cost-of-living, the gap is 12.3% — not 28.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-28.7%
Mississippi vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-12.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Mississippi
Human Resources Specialists
- Median
- $60,300
- p25
- $48,290
- p75
- $83,280
- p10
- $38,500
- p90
- $108,950
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.0
Washington
Human Resources Specialists
- Median
- $84,550
- p25
- $69,200
- p75
- $110,550
- p10
- $57,030
- p90
- $136,070
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -61%
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.