Human Resources Specialists
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metropolitan area. Estimated employment 21,770.
Where you sit in the distribution
That is the median — half of human resources specialists in Boston earn more.
$90,270 in Boston buys what $83,400 buys across the country as a whole.
Boston's regional price parity is 108.3 — well above the national average — a dollar here buys noticeably less than in the US as a whole. Adjusted figures for other metros are in the nearby-metros table below.
The same job, elsewhere in Massachusetts
Adjusted figures apply each metro's regional price parity, so the columns are directly comparable.
| Metro area | Median | Adjusted | RPP | vs. Boston |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston This page | $90,270 | $83,400 | 108.3 | — |
| Amherst Town | $80,770 | $80,600 | 100.2 | −3.4% |
| Springfield | $77,740 | $80,900 | 96.1 | −2.9% |
| Worcester | $77,290 | $75,400 | 102.5 | −9.6% |
| Barnstable Town | $76,020 | $77,300 | 98.4 | −7.3% |
| Pittsfield | $74,210 | $78,000 | 95.1 | −6.4% |
Price parity and difference against Boston are in the full table on wider screens.
How this page was made
- Wage data
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 release. Public domain.
- Price parity
- Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024.
- Employment
- 21,770 employed in this occupation in the metro (BLS estimate; excludes the self-employed).
- Occupation
- SOC 13-1071, Human Resources Specialists. Mapped to our taxonomy as human-resources-specialists.
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