State comparison · 2025
Human Resources Managers salary: New York vs North Carolina
Human Resources Managers in New York earn a median of $176,650. In North Carolina, $142,990. After cost-of-living, the gap is 8% — not 23.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+23.5%
New York vs North Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
New York
Human Resources Managers
- Median
- $176,650
- p25
- $133,180
- p75
- $231,380
- p10
- $105,380
- p90
- $321,880
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -45%
North Carolina
Human Resources Managers
- Median
- $142,990
- p25
- $115,850
- p75
- $187,520
- p10
- $90,390
- p90
- $260,610
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -20%
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.