11 Series · SOC 11-3121

Human Resources Managers

National salary data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (May 2024)

Median Salary

$140,030

per year

Median Hourly

$67.32/hr

per hour

Mean Salary

$160,480

average

Employment

215,520

jobs nationwide

Salary Range

Annual Salary Distribution

Hourly Rate Distribution

10th Percentile

$83,790

25th Percentile

$105,590

Median

$140,030

75th Percentile

$189,960

90th Percentile

N/A

Salary by State

Highest Paying States

1. Massachusetts $176,510 2. District of Columbia $174,400 3. New York $171,440 4. Washington $169,410 5. California $169,140

Lowest Paying States

50. Puerto Rico $74,460 51. Virgin Islands $77,490 52. Guam $81,280 53. Arkansas $99,760 54. Mississippi $103,150
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# State Median Salary vs National
1 Massachusetts $176,510 +26% above national
2 District of Columbia $174,400 +25% above national
3 New York $171,440 +22% above national
4 Washington $169,410 +21% above national
5 California $169,140 +21% above national
6 New Jersey $166,070 +19% above national
7 Rhode Island $165,380 +18% above national
8 Virginia $161,690 +15% above national
9 Colorado $154,500 +10% above national
10 Minnesota $152,250 +9% above national
11 Maryland $150,420 +7% above national
12 Connecticut $149,310 +7% above national
13 Delaware $145,630 +4% above national
14 Georgia $138,050 1% below national
15 Oregon $135,780 3% below national
16 Illinois $134,320 4% below national
17 North Carolina $134,170 4% below national
18 Wisconsin $132,940 5% below national
19 Michigan $131,810 6% below national
20 Texas $131,730 6% below national
21 Missouri $131,210 6% below national
22 Utah $131,070 6% below national
23 Pennsylvania $130,830 7% below national
24 Arizona $130,340 7% below national
25 Ohio $129,320 8% below national
26 New Hampshire $128,950 8% below national
27 North Dakota $127,190 9% below national
28 Kansas $126,550 10% below national
29 Indiana $126,400 10% below national
30 Nebraska $124,990 11% below national
31 Florida $124,950 11% below national
32 Tennessee $124,890 11% below national
33 Vermont $124,340 11% below national
34 Maine $123,860 12% below national
35 Alaska $122,560 12% below national
36 Iowa $122,200 13% below national
37 South Carolina $118,760 15% below national
38 Hawaii $118,060 16% below national
39 New Mexico $117,280 16% below national
40 Idaho $116,990 16% below national
41 Wyoming $113,900 19% below national
42 Kentucky $113,740 19% below national
43 Alabama $110,030 21% below national
44 Oklahoma $109,990 21% below national
45 South Dakota $109,100 22% below national
46 West Virginia $108,660 22% below national
47 Montana $108,370 23% below national
48 Louisiana $104,430 25% below national
49 Nevada $103,730 26% below national
50 Mississippi $103,150 26% below national
51 Arkansas $99,760 29% below national
52 Guam $81,280 42% below national
53 Virgin Islands $77,490 45% below national
54 Puerto Rico $74,460 47% below national

Salary by Metro Area

Highest Paying Metros

1. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA $206,420 2. Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH $180,050 3. Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA $178,550 4. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ $176,290 5. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV $172,970

Lowest Paying Metros

475. Mayaguez, PR $57,980 476. Arecibo, PR $58,640 477. Aguadilla, PR $63,660 478. San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR $76,020 479. West Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $76,270
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# Metro Area Median Salary vs National
1 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA $206,420 +47% above national
2 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH $180,050 +29% above national
3 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA $178,550 +28% above national
4 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ $176,290 +26% above national
5 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV $172,970 +24% above national
6 Midland, MI $169,300 +21% above national
7 Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT $166,660 +19% above national
8 Boulder, CO $166,430 +19% above national
9 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA $164,790 +18% above national
10 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA $163,220 +17% above national
11 Modesto, CA $162,490 +16% above national
12 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA $162,250 +16% above national
13 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA $161,970 +16% above national
14 Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA $161,760 +16% above national
15 Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO $159,700 +14% above national
16 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA $159,690 +14% above national
17 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI $157,360 +12% above national
18 Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA $157,220 +12% above national
19 Napa, CA $156,950 +12% above national
20 Merced, CA $156,430 +12% above national
21 Trenton-Princeton, NJ $156,250 +12% above national
22 Pittsfield, MA $155,490 +11% above national
23 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA $155,390 +11% above national
24 Kennewick-Richland, WA $155,380 +11% above national
25 Vallejo, CA $155,130 +11% above national
26 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA $154,960 +11% above national
27 Rochester, MN $154,700 +10% above national
28 Glens Falls, NY $153,700 +10% above national
29 Worcester, MA $153,250 +9% above national
30 Sussex Delaware nonmetropolitan area $153,100 +9% above national
31 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO $152,540 +9% above national
32 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA $152,300 +9% above national
33 Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY $152,200 +9% above national
34 Amherst Town-Northampton, MA $151,580 +8% above national
35 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC $151,180 +8% above national
36 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA $150,930 +8% above national
37 Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA $150,420 +7% above national
38 Longview-Kelso, WA $148,650 +6% above national
39 Salinas, CA $148,460 +6% above national
40 Visalia, CA $148,110 +6% above national
41 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD $147,070 +5% above national
42 Western Washington nonmetropolitan area $146,540 +5% above national
43 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT $146,240 +4% above national
44 Bellingham, WA $145,840 +4% above national
45 Greeley, CO $145,710 +4% above national
46 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA $144,990 +4% above national
47 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD $144,450 +3% above national
48 Syracuse, NY $143,820 +3% above national
49 Charlottesville, VA $143,510 +2% above national
50 Lynchburg, VA $143,480 +2% above national
51 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC $143,360 +2% above national
52 Ann Arbor, MI $142,840 +2% above national
53 Kenosha, WI $141,920 +1% above national
54 Yakima, WA $140,580 same as national
55 Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT $140,070 same as national
56 Raleigh-Cary, NC $139,840 same as national
57 Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area $139,490 same as national
58 Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY $139,400 same as national
59 Central East New York nonmetropolitan area $139,330 same as national
60 Albany, OR $138,360 1% below national
61 Greenville, NC $138,250 1% below national
62 Rochester, NY $138,190 1% below national
63 Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area $138,190 1% below national
64 Janesville-Beloit, WI $138,120 1% below national
65 Columbus, OH $137,820 2% below national
66 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN $137,760 2% below national
67 Richmond, VA $137,380 2% below national
68 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA $137,350 2% below national
69 Binghamton, NY $137,310 2% below national
70 Midland, TX $137,050 2% below national
71 Ithaca, NY $136,920 2% below national
72 Stockton-Lodi, CA $136,810 2% below national
73 Bend, OR $136,800 2% below national
74 Niles, MI $136,720 2% below national
75 Madison, WI $136,600 2% below national
76 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL $136,240 3% below national
77 Salem, OR $136,240 3% below national
78 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX $136,110 3% below national
79 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI $136,100 3% below national
80 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ $136,050 3% below national
81 Fresno, CA $135,640 3% below national
82 Kansas City, MO-KS $135,620 3% below national
83 Barnstable Town, MA $135,230 3% below national
84 Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area $135,170 3% below national
85 Huntsville, AL $135,160 3% below national
86 Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT $134,990 4% below national
87 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA $134,990 4% below national
88 Chico, CA $134,950 4% below national
89 Mankato, MN $134,950 4% below national
90 Springfield, MA $134,800 4% below national
91 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL $134,570 4% below national
92 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX $134,100 4% below national
93 St. Cloud, MN $134,080 4% below national
94 Akron, OH $134,030 4% below national
95 Lexington Park, MD $133,990 4% below national
96 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI $133,830 4% below national
97 El Centro, CA $133,820 4% below national
98 Salt Lake City-Murray, UT $133,810 4% below national
99 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI $133,760 4% below national
100 Manchester-Nashua, NH $133,650 5% below national
101 Hanford-Corcoran, CA $133,560 5% below national
102 Savannah, GA $133,550 5% below national
103 La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN $133,380 5% below national
104 Winchester, VA-WV $133,230 5% below national
105 Colorado Springs, CO $132,780 5% below national
106 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX $132,310 6% below national
107 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC $132,310 6% below national
108 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ $131,930 6% below national
109 Bakersfield-Delano, CA $131,490 6% below national
110 Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN $131,480 6% below national
111 Sheboygan, WI $131,320 6% below national
112 Ames, IA $131,240 6% below national
113 Redding, CA $131,220 6% below national
114 New Haven, CT $130,990 6% below national
115 Grand Junction, CO $130,900 7% below national
116 Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA $130,900 7% below national
117 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA $130,620 7% below national
118 Utica-Rome, NY $130,540 7% below national
119 Green Bay, WI $130,440 7% below national
120 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN $130,380 7% below national
121 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL $130,340 7% below national
122 Jackson, MI $130,210 7% below national
123 Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI $130,180 7% below national
124 Columbus, GA-AL $130,140 7% below national
125 Bloomington, IL $129,820 7% below national
126 Memphis, TN-MS-AR $129,650 7% below national
127 Salisbury, MD $129,570 7% below national
128 Dubuque, IA $129,500 8% below national
129 Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area $129,480 8% below national
130 Reading, PA $129,470 8% below national
131 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI $129,390 8% below national
132 Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area $129,370 8% below national
133 Gainesville, GA $129,360 8% below national
134 Vineland, NJ $129,340 8% below national
135 Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA $129,250 8% below national
136 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL $129,130 8% below national
137 Kingston, NY $129,110 8% below national
138 York-Hanover, PA $129,090 8% below national
139 Portland-South Portland, ME $129,020 8% below national
140 Bloomington, IN $129,000 8% below national
141 Gettysburg, PA $129,000 8% below national
142 Morgantown, WV $129,000 8% below national
143 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN $128,810 8% below national
144 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX $128,810 8% below national
145 Northeast Virginia nonmetropolitan area $128,800 8% below national
146 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI $128,790 8% below national
147 Elkhart-Goshen, IN $128,660 8% below national
148 Battle Creek, MI $128,640 8% below national
149 Naples-Marco Island, FL $128,620 8% below national
150 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR $128,610 8% below national
151 Wausau, WI $128,540 8% below national
152 St. Louis, MO-IL $128,520 8% below national
153 Pittsburgh, PA $128,480 8% below national
154 Fargo, ND-MN $128,430 8% below national
155 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC $128,390 8% below national
156 Omaha, NE-IA $128,340 8% below national
157 Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area $128,290 8% below national
158 Appleton, WI $128,230 8% below national
159 Southern Michigan nonmetropolitan area $128,230 8% below national
160 Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC $128,170 8% below national
161 Cleveland, OH $128,140 8% below national
162 Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $127,970 9% below national
163 Eau Claire, WI $127,940 9% below national
164 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD $127,900 9% below national
165 Boise City, ID $127,690 9% below national
166 Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $127,650 9% below national
167 Bismarck, ND $127,630 9% below national
168 Columbia, MO $127,540 9% below national
169 North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area $127,540 9% below national
170 Medford, OR $127,240 9% below national
171 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV $127,180 9% below national
172 Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI $127,170 9% below national
173 Fond du Lac, WI $127,020 9% below national
174 Pueblo, CO $126,930 9% below national
175 Harrisonburg, VA $126,900 9% below national
176 Monroe, MI $126,870 9% below national
177 Wilmington, NC $126,640 10% below national
178 Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area $126,500 10% below national
179 Chambersburg, PA $126,490 10% below national
180 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA $126,490 10% below national
181 North Georgia nonmetropolitan area $126,470 10% below national
182 Charleston-North Charleston, SC $126,330 10% below national
183 Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA $126,180 10% below national
184 Spartanburg, SC $126,000 10% below national
185 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ $125,900 10% below national
186 Connecticut nonmetropolitan area $125,830 10% below national
187 Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH $125,820 10% below national
188 Michigan City-La Porte, IN $125,650 10% below national
189 Toledo, OH $125,630 10% below national
190 Knoxville, TN $125,530 10% below national
191 Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area $125,520 10% below national
192 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA $125,410 10% below national
193 Warner Robins, GA $125,370 10% below national
194 Greensboro-High Point, NC $125,330 10% below national
195 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS $125,190 11% below national
196 Waterbury-Shelton, CT $125,160 11% below national
197 Ogden, UT $125,110 11% below national
198 Fayetteville, NC $125,030 11% below national
199 Wasatch Front Fringe Utah nonmetropolitan area $125,000 11% below national
200 Central New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area $124,890 11% below national
201 Balance of Nevada nonmetropolitan area $124,860 11% below national
202 Evansville, IN $124,790 11% below national
203 Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI $124,720 11% below national
204 Lansing-East Lansing, MI $124,680 11% below national
205 Columbus, IN $124,550 11% below national
206 Burlington-South Burlington, VT $124,340 11% below national
207 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL $124,110 11% below national
208 Roanoke, VA $124,070 11% below national
209 Peoria, IL $124,030 11% below national
210 Mansfield, OH $124,010 11% below national
211 Grand Island, NE $123,920 12% below national
212 Anchorage, AK $123,870 12% below national
213 Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $123,870 12% below national
214 Tucson, AZ $123,780 12% below national
215 Springfield, IL $123,470 12% below national
216 Athens-Clarke County, GA $123,460 12% below national
217 Dalton, GA $123,460 12% below national
218 Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $123,460 12% below national
219 Logan, UT-ID $123,440 12% below national
220 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC $123,290 12% below national
221 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX $123,140 12% below national
222 Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $123,140 12% below national
223 Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area $123,100 12% below national
224 South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $123,060 12% below national
225 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL $123,040 12% below national
226 Topeka, KS $123,010 12% below national
227 Cedar Rapids, IA $122,970 12% below national
228 Yuma, AZ $122,960 12% below national
229 Winston-Salem, NC $122,940 12% below national
230 Florence, SC $122,930 12% below national
231 Albany, GA $122,500 13% below national
232 Corvallis, OR $122,450 13% below national
233 Bangor, ME $122,140 13% below national
234 South Florida nonmetropolitan area $122,060 13% below national
235 Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area $121,940 13% below national
236 Birmingham, AL $121,870 13% below national
237 Wichita, KS $121,790 13% below national
238 Corpus Christi, TX $121,710 13% below national
239 Lancaster, PA $121,400 13% below national
240 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL $121,400 13% below national
241 Albuquerque, NM $121,380 13% below national
242 North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area $121,240 13% below national
243 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN $121,000 14% below national
244 Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area $120,890 14% below national
245 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY $120,840 14% below national
246 Wildwood-The Villages, FL $120,810 14% below national
247 Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area $120,810 14% below national
248 Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $120,220 14% below national
249 St. George, UT $120,210 14% below national
250 Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC $120,070 14% below national
251 East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area $119,970 14% below national
252 Canton-Massillon, OH $119,710 15% below national
253 Southwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $119,710 15% below national
254 Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $119,470 15% below national
255 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA $119,430 15% below national
256 Johnstown, PA $119,360 15% below national
257 Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area $119,190 15% below national
258 Southwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area $119,120 15% below national
259 Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area $119,090 15% below national
260 Flagstaff, AZ $119,020 15% below national
261 Terre Haute, IN $118,820 15% below national
262 Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area $118,790 15% below national
263 Waco, TX $118,700 15% below national
264 Urban Honolulu, HI $118,580 15% below national
265 Tulsa, OK $118,440 15% below national
266 Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA $118,290 16% below national
267 Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area $118,290 16% below national
268 Sandusky, OH $118,230 16% below national
269 Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ $118,120 16% below national
270 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL $118,090 16% below national
271 Odessa, TX $118,010 16% below national
272 Northwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area $117,620 16% below national
273 Jacksonville, FL $117,540 16% below national
274 Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $117,530 16% below national
275 Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $117,480 16% below national
276 Kahului-Wailuku, HI $117,460 16% below national
277 Saginaw, MI $117,370 16% below national
278 Lexington-Fayette, KY $117,350 16% below national
279 Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ $117,330 16% below national
280 Duluth, MN-WI $117,290 16% below national
281 Asheville, NC $117,190 16% below national
282 Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL $117,190 16% below