State comparison · 2025
Human Resources Specialists salary: New York vs Pennsylvania
Human Resources Specialists in New York earn a median of $84,380. In Pennsylvania, $70,450. After cost-of-living, the gap is 8.3% — not 19.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+19.8%
New York vs Pennsylvania
COL-adjusted gap
+8.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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%
Pennsylvania
Human Resources Specialists
- Median
- $70,450
- p25
- $56,050
- p75
- $90,920
- p10
- $46,610
- p90
- $119,850
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -71%
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.