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Human Resources Specialists

Career and Education Info

Job Numbers and Growth

The count of human resources specialists working in the US is about 214,000. Unemployment for this career is low compared to other careers.

Part-Time Work and Self-Employment

A government survey revealed that 8% of employees work only part of the time. Human resources specialists who work as their own boss represent 2% of the total.

Training and Education

Many employers require a bachelor's degree from job applicants. Bachelor's degrees are held by 56% of employees. People with some college experience but no degree make up 30% of human resources specialists. The highest level of education for for 14% of workers was a high school diploma. Recommended schools are shown in the column to the right; request information from them to help you decide which, if any, could help you with this career.

Area Job Conditions

There are comparatively more jobs of this type in Olympia (Washington), Decatur (Illinois), and Danville (Illinois), and comparatively fewer in Houma (Louisiana), Amarillo (Texas), and McAllen (Texas).

The earning potential for human resources specialists appears to be highest in Bloomington (Illinois), San Francisco (California), and Washington (District of Columbia), and lowest (comparatively speaking) in Appleton (Wisconsin), Kokomo (Indiana), and Janesville (Wisconsin).

Human Resources Specialists: Job and Salary Data by Metropolitan Area

The table below shows data for Human Resources Specialists, as of 2008. The Popularity in Area number tells you how common jobs for Human Resources Specialists are in the area, compared to other US metro areas. A value of 1.0 means an average number of people in the position for area population. Lower numbers mean fewer of these positions in the metro area. The most popular areas for Human Resources Specialists are starred .

StateAreaPositionsTypical PayPopularity in Area
AlabamaAnniston40$43,8000.6
AlabamaAuburn60$53,5100.9
AlabamaBirmingham1,030$50,7401.2
AlabamaDecatur60$40,7100.7
AlabamaDothan50$57,0500.6
AlabamaFlorence90$56,6601.2
AlabamaHuntsville560$66,6301.6
AlabamaMobile200$47,6400.7
AlabamaMontgomery300$50,7801.1
AlabamaTuscaloosa80$56,8500.6
AlaskaAnchorage230$63,1200.9
AlaskaFairbanks80$50,7901.7
ArizonaFlagstaff30$54,3700.4
ArizonaPhoenix1,900$51,6700.6
ArizonaTucson370$53,3400.6
ArizonaYuma30$53,1200.3
ArkansasFayetteville210$55,6900.6
ArkansasFort Smith50$45,0600.3
ArkansasLittle Rock310$54,5100.5
ArkansasPine Bluff60$43,2201.3
CaliforniaBakersfield310$57,0900.7
CaliforniaEl Centro30$51,3400.4
CaliforniaFresno390$62,5200.7
CaliforniaHanford50$68,8301.2
CaliforniaMerced40$61,6000.5
CaliforniaModesto200$53,8000.7
CaliforniaNapa50$59,9900.5
CaliforniaOakland2,550$75,0101.4
CaliforniaOxnard360$65,9200.7
CaliforniaRedding100$54,0101
CaliforniaRiverside1,720$71,9100.8
CaliforniaSacramento2,150$64,5001.4
CaliforniaSalinas170$58,6900.7
CaliforniaSan Diego3,750$55,7301.6
CaliforniaSan Francisco2,470$81,4701.4
CaliforniaSan Jose2,130$77,7201.4
CaliforniaSan Luis Obispo80$65,8000.5
CaliforniaSanta Barbara220$62,6700.8
CaliforniaSanta Cruz90$58,9500.7
CaliforniaSanta Rosa240$71,0300.8
CaliforniaStockton280$57,3900.8
CaliforniaVallejo220$84,1901.1
CaliforniaVisalia100$54,4100.5
CaliforniaYuba City40$55,8300.7
ColoradoBoulder160$74,6300.6
ColoradoColorado Springs400$57,3001
ColoradoDenver1,900$68,2700.9
ColoradoFort Collins90$69,1500.5
ColoradoGrand Junction30$49,2000.4
ColoradoGreeley70$56,4700.6
ColoradoPueblo80$53,8601
ConnecticutBridgeport470$70,6800.6
ConnecticutDanbury40$58,5800.4
ConnecticutHartford870$70,3500.9
ConnecticutNew Haven240$58,2200.5
ConnecticutNorwich130$56,3400.7
ConnecticutWaterbury50$55,8500.5
DelawareDover170$54,710 2.1
DelawareWilmington440$63,4300.8
District of ColumbiaWashington9,550$80,030 2.4
FloridaCape Coral320$53,6500.9
FloridaDeltona170$51,2300.7
FloridaFort Lauderdale1,310$54,6501
FloridaFort Walton Beach170$60,1201.5
FloridaGainesville210$54,3901.1
FloridaJacksonville1,000$54,0901
FloridaLakeland190$52,9200.6
FloridaMiami1,930$62,6401.1
FloridaNaples110$53,5400.6
FloridaOcala130$49,7400.9
FloridaOrlando2,320$54,9301.3
FloridaPalm Bay380$55,4801.2
FloridaPanama City100$51,4900.9
FloridaPensacola240$48,6601
FloridaPort St Lucie140$48,8500.7
FloridaPunta Gorda60$54,5201
FloridaSarasota350$49,4700.8
FloridaSebastian40$58,3500.6
FloridaTallahassee510$58,0101.9
FloridaTampa2,090$53,6501
FloridaWest Palm Beach930$56,6301
GeorgiaAthens60$51,5600.5
GeorgiaAtlanta2,990$64,8900.7
GeorgiaAugusta190$57,1400.6
GeorgiaBrunswick50$72,0800.8
GeorgiaColumbus160$57,6200.9
GeorgiaGainesville40$61,3000.4
GeorgiaMacon80$54,3700.5
GeorgiaSavannah80$52,6400.3
GeorgiaValdosta40$49,8800.5
GeorgiaWarner Robins230$60,690 3.1
HawaiiHonolulu480$60,4300.6
IdahoBoise300$54,2800.7
IdahoIdaho Falls30$59,3200.4
IllinoisBloomington90$72,8500.8
IllinoisChampaign180$51,4201.2
IllinoisChicago6,670$55,0501
IllinoisDanville120$31,070 3.4
IllinoisDecatur240$65,770 3.5
IllinoisPeoria150$60,4500.5
IllinoisRockford300$41,0101.2
IllinoisSpringfield430$46,240 2.6
IndianaBloomington90$45,2300.9
IndianaColumbus80$52,7201.3
IndianaElkhart70$45,6400.3
IndianaEvansville190$51,4000.7
IndianaFort Wayne230$44,6400.7
IndianaIndianapolis1,250$56,9200.8
IndianaKokomo150$37,940 2.9
IndianaLafayette90$35,5300.8
IndianaSouth Bend210$57,3501
IndianaTerre Haute100$54,5000.9
IowaCedar Rapids300$47,8201.4
IowaDavenport540$53,7301.8
IowaDes Moines610$55,9501.1
IowaDubuque100$37,4201.3
IowaIowa City130$50,8401.2
IowaSioux City80$56,9700.7
IowaWaterloo100$46,3200.7
KansasLawrence30$59,1300.5
KansasTopeka220$54,3901.3
KansasWichita340$56,9700.7
KentuckyBowling Green80$47,6400.9
KentuckyElizabethtown150$56,350 2.4
KentuckyLexington440$51,3301.1
KentuckyLouisville1,040$57,2101
KentuckyOwensboro70$33,6901
LouisianaAlexandria50$53,5000.6
LouisianaBaton Rouge290$50,9600.5
LouisianaHouma30$45,1300.2
LouisianaLafayette120$49,9100.5
LouisianaLake Charles40$44,0600.3
LouisianaNew Orleans650$54,2700.8
LouisianaShreveport110$52,0100.4
MaineBangor50$57,8000.5
MaineLewiston40$43,3500.5
MainePortland190$51,6000.6
MarylandBaltimore2,470$65,4701.1
MarylandBethesda1,570$74,7901.6
MarylandCumberland30$42,9000.6
MarylandHagerstown140$57,6000.9
MarylandSalisbury50$63,9700.6
MassachusettsBarnstable Town130$54,6400.8
MassachusettsBoston2,500$67,1800.8
MassachusettsBrockton210$39,3501.5
MassachusettsFramingham290$67,9401.1
MassachusettsHaverhill70$55,4100.6
MassachusettsLawrence80$44,6200.9
MassachusettsLeominster50$56,9700.7
MassachusettsLowell170$74,1300.9
MassachusettsNew Bedford100$51,9401
MassachusettsPittsfield40$54,7300.9
MassachusettsSpringfield380$65,1100.8
MassachusettsTaunton90$58,3201.3
MassachusettsWorcester240$61,1000.6
MichiganAnn Arbor470$56,7701.7
MichiganBattle Creek120$53,1601.7
MichiganDetroit2,380$57,8602
MichiganFlint220$38,6401
MichiganGrand Rapids930$44,0601.5
MichiganHolland170$48,8901.1
MichiganJackson80$50,2601
MichiganKalamazoo350$48,4001.6
MichiganMonroe60$46,3901
MichiganMuskegon60$50,6500.7
MichiganNiles100$49,6301.1
MichiganSaginaw200$56,9901.7
MichiganWarren1,820$61,8500.9
MinnesotaDuluth220$50,1001.1
MinnesotaMinneapolis4,980$64,7801.6
MinnesotaRochester160$64,6501.1
MinnesotaSt Cloud160$52,5301
MississippiGulfport180$67,6301
MississippiJackson130$64,5600.3
MissouriColumbia80$49,7400.6
MissouriJefferson City140$47,2001.3
MissouriJoplin70$46,4500.6
MissouriKansas City1,440$62,2600.8
MissouriSpringfield170$50,1900.5
MissouriSt Joseph50$47,8900.7
MissouriSt Louis2,250$54,1901
MontanaBillings100$55,6800.8
NebraskaLincoln210$56,8100.8
NebraskaOmaha560$45,4000.7
NevadaLas Vegas780$53,8700.5
NevadaReno160$58,0800.5
New HampshireManchester140$54,7600.8
New HampshireNashua260$52,7101.2
New HampshirePortsmouth120$61,3601.4
New HampshireRochester100$51,9901.2
New JerseyAtlantic City130$52,8000.5
New JerseyCamden840$63,3300.9
New JerseyEdison1,860$65,8701.1
New JerseyNewark1,470$70,2800.9
New JerseyTrenton380$61,3901.1
New JerseyVineland60$67,2500.7
New MexicoAlbuquerque680$59,8801
New MexicoSanta Fe180$44,3601.9
New YorkAlbany1,280$57,5401.7
New YorkBinghamton120$44,7900.7
New YorkBuffalo1,150$44,1301.3
New YorkElmira70 1.4
New YorkGlens Falls50 0.6
New YorkIthaca30$48,6400.5
New YorkKingston40 0.4
New YorkNassau1,730$52,0500.8
New YorkNew York9,560$60,4001.1
New YorkPoughkeepsie320$54,5500.8
New YorkRochester740$59,4300.9
New YorkSyracuse520$46,9501
New YorkUtica160$46,4500.8
North CarolinaAsheville130$61,0700.4
North CarolinaBurlington30$48,7300.3
North CarolinaCharlotte800$55,7200.5
North CarolinaDurham380$68,8400.8
North CarolinaFayetteville180$62,5200.9
North CarolinaGreensboro750$53,4301.2
North CarolinaGreenville40$53,5600.4
North CarolinaHickory60$49,1800.2
North CarolinaJacksonville90$58,5101.5
North CarolinaRaleigh430$60,5700.5
North CarolinaRocky Mount40$48,8000.5
North CarolinaWilmington80$55,7400.3
North CarolinaWinston Salem200$53,6800.6
North DakotaBismarck90$53,5601.1
North DakotaFargo120$52,8700.6
OhioAkron690$45,7801.2
OhioCanton390$38,3901.4
OhioCincinnati2,790$49,5001.6
OhioCleveland3,200$48,9901.8
OhioColumbus2,700$53,6701.7
OhioDayton1,040$56,2301.6
OhioLima170$49,780 2.2
OhioMansfield170$51,610 2.2
OhioSandusky110$44,940 2.2
OhioSpringfield110$28,1801.6
OhioToledo1,120$44,730 2.1
OhioYoungstown710$36,1701.8
OklahomaLawton40$58,3400.8
OklahomaOklahoma City700$46,7200.7
OklahomaTulsa250$47,6000.3
OregonBend100$61,9401
OregonCorvallis50$47,6001.1
OregonEugene410$49,6001.7
OregonMedford150$51,3501.1
OregonPortland2,680$60,2001.5
OregonSalem470$57,7001.9
PennsylvaniaAllentown460$60,3800.8
PennsylvaniaAltoona100$55,8901.1
PennsylvaniaErie190$57,2300.9
PennsylvaniaHarrisburg760$57,4201.4
PennsylvaniaJohnstown200$36,410 2.4
PennsylvaniaLancaster220$51,3200.6
PennsylvaniaLebanon60$57,8700.9
PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia3,050$68,9300.9
PennsylvaniaPittsburgh2,420$39,4201.2
PennsylvaniaReading180$30,7200.7
PennsylvaniaScranton450$50,6101
PennsylvaniaState College100$31,5601.2
PennsylvaniaYork360$54,2501.2
Rhode IslandProvidence1,130$47,5701.2
South CarolinaAnderson40$51,0200.4
South CarolinaCharleston270$52,4000.6
South CarolinaColumbia310$52,9900.5
South CarolinaFlorence80$66,6900.6
South CarolinaGreenville280$48,8400.5
South CarolinaMyrtle Beach40$45,4800.2
South CarolinaSpartanburg100$48,7600.5
TennesseeChattanooga190$53,6100.5
TennesseeClarksville70$57,3300.6
TennesseeJohnson City40$53,3300.3
TennesseeKingsport110$50,6600.6
TennesseeKnoxville330$55,9800.6
TennesseeMemphis690$63,0600.7
TennesseeNashville790$57,6900.6
TexasAbilene30$45,3200.3
TexasAmarillo30$54,3000.2
TexasAustin980$63,4500.8
TexasBeaumont70$45,3200.3
TexasBrownsville40$53,6400.2
TexasCorpus Christi80$57,1100.3
TexasDallas3,330$63,9800.9
TexasEl Paso180$56,2500.4
TexasFort Worth560$61,6700.4
TexasHouston1,740$63,6300.4
TexasKilleen130$55,8000.7
TexasLaredo30$51,5100.2
TexasLubbock60$47,2300.3
TexasMcallen60$53,8800.2
TexasMidland60$51,3700.6
TexasSan Antonio1,400$63,4901
TexasTexarkana40$58,3700.5
TexasTyler40$52,5200.3
TexasWaco50$52,1900.3
TexasWichita Falls50$57,5300.6
UtahLogan50$45,0400.7
UtahOgden300$58,7800.9
UtahProvo140$48,3400.5
UtahSalt Lake City740$56,1200.7
UtahSt George50$45,2500.7
VermontBurlington190$63,8101.1
VirginiaBlacksburg110$53,7501.2
VirginiaCharlottesville230$57,4201.6
VirginiaDanville40$47,9300.8
VirginiaHarrisonburg70$50,1700.9
VirginiaLynchburg90$52,9600.6
VirginiaRichmond1,790$61,2301.8
VirginiaRoanoke250$50,8101
VirginiaVirginia Beach1,470$59,6301.1
VirginiaWinchester80$60,7301
WashingtonBellingham150$49,8501.2
WashingtonBremerton270$69,130 2.1
WashingtonKennewick280$65,750 2
WashingtonLongview110$57,480 2.4
WashingtonMount Vernon50$50,2100.8
WashingtonOlympia620$57,410 4.2
WashingtonSeattle4,420$66,4401.8
WashingtonSpokane320$56,7300.9
WashingtonTacoma600$67,7401.3
WashingtonWenatchee60$60,3101
WashingtonYakima160$50,4301.3
West VirginiaCharleston270$56,2301.2
West VirginiaHuntington200$45,6901.1
West VirginiaMorgantown140$50,580 2.1
West VirginiaParkersburg230$62,640 2.2
West VirginiaWeirton180$34,260 3
West VirginiaWheeling200$43,560 2.1
WisconsinAppleton470$31,550 2.6
WisconsinEau Claire270$45,480 2.3
WisconsinFond160$37,780 2.5
WisconsinGreen Bay430$33,3201.6
WisconsinJanesville80$30,1000.8
WisconsinLa Crosse140$34,6701.3
WisconsinMadison1,050$46,3001.9
WisconsinMilwaukee2,410$42,5501.7
WisconsinOshkosh420$34,710 3.2
WisconsinRacine160$33,7801.3
WisconsinSheboygan150$29,5401.8
WisconsinWausau280$36,410 2.7
WyomingCasper40$58,4600.7
WyomingCheyenne70$57,3401.1
 

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