HR Manager salary
What a hr manager actually earns, from 383 live job postings blended with the official US OEWS (Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics) wage anchor. Pick a market for its median and range, then read the seniority split, the trend, and the country comparison below. Updated 2026-07-23.
Switch the market above to see hr manager pay in the 2 countries our sources cover, each with its own cost of living. The trend, seniority, and state detail below are United States data, where the official record runs deepest.
What the number means
Human-resources management posts a blended US median near 105,000 dollars, a number that has quietly climbed as the function moved from administration to strategy. The spread tracks scope: a generalist running policy sits near the floor, while heads of talent and total-rewards leaders at scaled companies clear it comfortably. The role is less automatable than its reputation, because the hard part is judgment about people under conflicting incentives, not the paperwork that software now handles. The pay lever is specialization, into compensation, talent, or organizational design, not tenure.
Open hr manager roles
Live openings tagged to this occupation, from company career pages and remote boards. Apply at the source.
- Manager-HRBP (Remote, Remote, US)Firstsourc · United StatesRemoteJul 23
- Senior HR Business PartnerDecagon · San Francisco$190k–$240kJul 23
- Recruiter / HR Specialist (m/w/d)INKLUSIVA Leipzig e. V. · LeipzigJul 22
- Senior HR GeneralistLingoAce · United StatesRemoteJul 22
- HR Business PartnerTrivago · DüsseldorfJul 22
- SUPERVISORY HR SPECIALIST (MILITARY) (TITLE 32)Air National Guard Units · Jacksonville, Florida$75k–$97kJul 21
By country
- United States$84,159 – $140,606 · median $105,719
- United Kingdom$51,867 – $73,103 · median $66,583
Top-paying US states
OEWS median by state, highest first.
- Massachusettsmedian $176,510
- New Yorkmedian $171,440
- Washingtonmedian $169,410
- Californiamedian $169,140
- Virginiamedian $161,690
- Coloradomedian $154,500
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Quick answers
How much do HR managers make?
The blended US median is about 105,000 dollars, rising with scope from generalist to head-of-function roles.
How does an HR manager earn more?
By specializing, into compensation, talent acquisition, or organizational design, rather than staying a generalist.
Is HR a safe career from automation?
The administrative half is automating; the judgment half, handling people under conflicting incentives, is not.
Method: bands are the 25th, 50th, and 75th percentiles of live US postings with stated pay, shrunk toward the official OEWS anchor by sample size (the “blended” figure). Trend is the OEWS annual median for SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code 11-3121. Live corpus 383 observations, 2026-07-23. Definitions in the glossary.