State comparison · 2025
Human Resources Specialists salary: Vermont vs Washington
Human Resources Specialists in Washington earn a median of $84,550. In Vermont, $77,800. After cost-of-living, the gap is 0.5% — not 8%.
Nominal pay gap
-8%
Vermont vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
+0.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Vermont
Human Resources Specialists
- Median
- $77,800
- p25
- $63,900
- p75
- $93,300
- p10
- $55,510
- p90
- $114,090
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.0
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.