State comparison · 2025
Human Resources Specialists salary: New Jersey vs New York
Human Resources Specialists in New York earn a median of $84,380. In New Jersey, $80,690. After cost-of-living, the gap is 5.2% — not 4.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-4.4%
New Jersey vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-5.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
New Jersey
Human Resources Specialists
- Median
- $80,690
- p25
- $65,890
- p75
- $103,160
- p10
- $56,420
- p90
- $132,770
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 108.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -72%
New York
Human Resources Specialists
- Median
- $84,380
- p25
- $65,260
- p75
- $118,380
- p10
- $56,040
- p90
- $149,990
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -67%
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.