State comparison · 2025
Human Resources Specialists salary: Washington vs Wisconsin
Human Resources Specialists in Washington earn a median of $84,550. In Wisconsin, $70,540. After cost-of-living, the gap is 5.4% — not 19.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+19.9%
Washington vs Wisconsin
COL-adjusted gap
+5.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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%
Wisconsin
Human Resources Specialists
- Median
- $70,540
- p25
- $57,880
- p75
- $85,440
- p10
- $47,860
- p90
- $105,270
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +100%
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.