State comparison · 2025
Human Resources Specialists salary: New York vs Washington
Human Resources Specialists in Washington earn a median of $84,550. In New York, $84,380. After cost-of-living, the gap is 1% — not 0.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-0.2%
New York vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-1%
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%
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.