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Human Resources Managers pay in District of Columbia and Maine
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Human Resources Managers is $184,350 per year in District of Columbia. It is $129,720 per year in Maine. District of Columbia is 42.1% above Maine on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 11-3121 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 2,250 wage and salary jobs in District of Columbia and 700 in Maine. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings