State comparison · 2025
Human Resources Managers salary: New York vs South Carolina
Human Resources Managers in New York earn a median of $176,650. In South Carolina, $124,290. After cost-of-living, the gap is 23.4% — not 42.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+42.1%
New York vs South Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+23.4%
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%
South Carolina
Human Resources Managers
- Median
- $124,290
- p25
- $93,940
- p75
- $163,830
- p10
- $70,840
- p90
- $209,380
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 0%
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.