State comparison · 2025
Human Resources Specialists salary: Missouri vs Washington
Human Resources Specialists in Washington earn a median of $84,550. In Missouri, $66,990. After cost-of-living, the gap is 6.6% — not 20.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-20.8%
Missouri vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-6.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Missouri
Human Resources Specialists
- Median
- $66,990
- p25
- $51,710
- p75
- $89,860
- p10
- $44,730
- p90
- $110,660
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +200%
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.