State comparison · 2025
Human Resources Specialists salary: Rhode Island vs Washington
Human Resources Specialists in Washington earn a median of $84,550. In Rhode Island, $77,560. After cost-of-living, the gap is 4.1% — not 8.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-8.3%
Rhode Island vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-4.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Rhode Island
Human Resources Specialists
- Median
- $77,560
- p25
- $62,180
- p75
- $97,210
- p10
- $51,270
- p90
- $128,250
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.3
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.