State comparison · 2025
Human Resources Specialists salary: Pennsylvania vs Washington
Human Resources Specialists in Washington earn a median of $84,550. In Pennsylvania, $70,450. After cost-of-living, the gap is 8.7% — not 16.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-16.7%
Pennsylvania vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-8.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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)
- +133%
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.