State comparison · 2025
Human Resources Specialists salary: Tennessee vs Washington
Human Resources Specialists in Washington earn a median of $84,550. In Tennessee, $67,370. After cost-of-living, the gap is 7.2% — not 20.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-20.3%
Tennessee vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-7.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Tennessee
Human Resources Specialists
- Median
- $67,370
- p25
- $53,890
- p75
- $85,200
- p10
- $45,630
- p90
- $109,990
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 91.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -33%
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.