Average Salary

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One of the most popular questions we get from our readers here is how much do HR Specialists make per year and their hourly wage.

Starting Salary

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Entry-level HR Specialists with little to no experience can expect to make anywhere between $36270 to $46460 per year or $17 to $22 per hour.

Just like any other job, the salary of a Human Resources Specialist will increase as they become more experienced.

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Salary Rank

We wanted to make it easy for our readers to compare the salary of a Human Resources Specialist to all the other careers out there. So we created Salary Rank. We compare the salary of all careers then we give them a rank of A, B, C or D depending on where their average salary sits in comparison to other careers.

After comparing how much do HR Specialists make with other careers, they have a salary rank of B.

Salary range

Level	Hourly	Yearly
Highest (Top 10%)	$50	$104390
Senior (Top 25%)	$39	$80120
Middle (Mid 50%)	$29	$60880
Junior (Bottom 25%)	$22	$46460
No experience (Bottom 10%)	$17	$36270

Highest paying states

State	Hourly	Annual
DC	$ 45	$ 93,880
MD	$ 37	$ 76,560
MA	$ 36	$ 75,700
NY	$ 36	$ 75,650
NJ	$ 36	$ 75,360
VA	$ 36	$ 75,120
CA	$ 36	$ 75,010
RI	$ 35	$ 72,960
WA	$ 35	$ 72,370
AK	$ 34	$ 71,160

Another simple way to increase your salary as a Human Resources Specialist is to move to a higher paying state. However moving to a higher paying state like DC doesn’t guarantee that you will make more because the expenses at DC might be much higher than where you are currently living at right now.

According to BLS, the highest paid HR Specialists are in the states of DC, MD, MA, NY and NJ.

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http://www.bls.gov/OOH/business-and-financial/human-resources-specialists.htm

http://www.shrm.org/pages/default.aspx

http://www.hrci.org/

http://www.worldatwork.org/