State comparison · 2025
Human Resources Specialists salary: Oregon vs Washington
Human Resources Specialists in Washington earn a median of $84,550. In Oregon, $78,060. After cost-of-living, the gap is 4.5% — not 7.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-7.7%
Oregon vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-4.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Oregon
Human Resources Specialists
- Median
- $78,060
- p25
- $62,820
- p75
- $99,860
- p10
- $51,480
- p90
- $126,280
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.4
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +100%
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.