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Human Resources Specialists pay in District of Columbia and Kentucky
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Human Resources Specialists is $110,970 per year in District of Columbia. It is $69,010 per year in Kentucky. District of Columbia is 60.8% above Kentucky on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 13-1071 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 6,910 wage and salary jobs in District of Columbia and 10,900 in Kentucky. 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