Human Resources Managers Salary Data
Compare human resources managers pay across 319 U.S. cities to find where your skills are worth the most.
Highest-Paying Cities for Human Resources Managers
Top 20 cities ranked by median salary.
Best States for Human Resources Managers
States ranked by average salary across 319 cities.
Human Resources Managers salaries by city
Human Resources Managers pay across 51 states and 345 cities. Expand a state to see every city we have data for.
AK2 cities
AL10 cities
AZ6 cities
CA24 cities
- San Jose$220,460
- San Francisco$209,340
- Los Angeles$168,400
- Napa$167,490
- Santa Maria$165,160
- Santa Cruz$164,570
- Vallejo$163,560
- San Diego$163,190
- Oxnard$162,230
- Santa Rosa$161,550
- Sacramento$155,360
- Modesto$153,630
- Merced$153,210
- Salinas$150,390
- Redding$143,330
- Yuba City$143,210
- Fresno$143,180
- Visalia$142,320
- Chico$139,830
- Riverside$139,010
- Bakersfield$138,130
- El Centro$137,930
- Stockton$136,410
- San Luis Obispo$129,710
CO7 cities
DC1 cities
DE1 cities
FL19 cities
- Palm Bay$156,300
- Miami$142,940
- Tampa$140,400
- Orlando$136,230
- Lakeland$135,350
- Jacksonville$133,950
- Naples$133,430
- Pensacola$133,320
- North Port$132,620
- Cape Coral$131,570
- Crestview$129,500
- Panama City$127,610
- Punta Gorda$125,330
- Deltona$122,730
- Gainesville$121,570
- Sebastian$119,960
- Ocala$117,510
- Wildwood$113,770
- Tallahassee$101,210
GA13 cities
HI1 cities
IA8 cities
IL8 cities
IN10 cities
LA10 cities
MI14 cities
MO6 cities
NC13 cities
NE2 cities
NH1 cities
NV2 cities
NY10 cities
OH12 cities
OR7 cities
PA16 cities
RI1 cities
SC7 cities
SD2 cities
TN10 cities
TX25 cities
- Midland$148,080
- Houston$142,110
- Dallas$140,890
- Austin$140,670
- Killeen$135,580
- Odessa$132,250
- San Antonio$130,370
- Beaumont$130,260
- Amarillo$125,860
- Lubbock$125,690
- Waco$125,290
- Corpus Christi$124,290
- El Paso$122,780
- San Angelo$121,220
- Longview$119,330
- College Station$115,090
- Tyler$113,260
- Sherman$110,770
- Brownsville$110,230
- Abilene$107,640
- Abilene$107,640
- Texarkana$106,610
- Wichita Falls$105,680
- Laredo$103,990
- McAllen$103,010
VA9 cities
VT1 cities
WA10 cities
WI13 cities
WY1 cities
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Career Outlook
Human Resources Managers earn a national median of $131,843, based on data from 319 U.S. cities. The best-paying state is DC at $177,960 average.
Worth knowing: HR managers who can work with HRIS platforms and pull their own analytics are earning noticeably more. The "people person" HR generalist is being replaced by the "data-fluent people person."