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HR Managers

Career and Education Info

Job Numbers and Growth

HR managers in the US number about 58,000. Compared to other occupations, unemployment is considered low.

Part-Time Work and Self-Employment

About 3% of employees work fewer than 40 hours per week. About 1% of HR managers are self-employed.

Training and Education

Expect to need to get a bachelor's or higher degree, plus work experience if you pursue this occupation. 58% of employees have a bachelor's degree. 28 of people working as HR managers have had some college education, but stopped short of a degree. About 15% of those working as workers have a high-school diploma, but no further education. 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

Jobs per capita for employees are most common in Morgantown (West Virginia), Battle Creek (Michigan), and Minneapolis (Minnesota), and least common in Fort Worth (Texas), York (Pennsylvania), and Sarasota (Florida).

Jobs for HR managers pay the most in San Jose (California), San Francisco (California), and Oakland (California), and the least in Oklahoma City (Oklahoma), Shreveport (Louisiana), and Santa Fe (New Mexico).

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HR Managers: Job and Salary Data by Metropolitan Area

The table below shows data for HR Managers, as of 2008. The Popularity in Area number tells you how common jobs for HR Managers 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 HR Managers are starred .

StateAreaPositionsTypical PayPopularity in Area
AlabamaBirmingham250$101,3601
AlabamaHuntsville100$88,9901.1
AlabamaMobile50$77,4500.6
AlabamaMontgomery70$91,8600.9
AlaskaAnchorage140$90,6201.9
ArizonaPhoenix880$87,4201
ArizonaTucson150$86,5700.9
ArkansasFayetteville190$88,710 2.1
ArkansasFort Smith50$81,1901
ArkansasLittle Rock130$76,8700.8
CaliforniaBakersfield60$103,9400.5
CaliforniaFresno140$104,4900.9
CaliforniaModesto60$113,2500.8
CaliforniaOakland640$132,5801.3
CaliforniaOxnard200$126,1601.5
CaliforniaRedding40$80,2701.4
CaliforniaRiverside370$106,5300.6
CaliforniaSacramento390$106,2700.9
CaliforniaSalinas50$108,0100.7
CaliforniaSan Diego730$111,8201.2
CaliforniaSan Francisco1,070$138,160 2.3
CaliforniaSan Jose1,040$143,130 2.4
CaliforniaSanta Ana890$119,5601.2
CaliforniaSanta Barbara60$93,9500.8
CaliforniaSanta Cruz40$117,7101.1
CaliforniaSanta Rosa130$94,1801.6
CaliforniaStockton60$105,1000.6
CaliforniaVallejo30$114,5500.6
CaliforniaVisalia40$104,7900.7
ColoradoBoulder40$124,0500.6
ColoradoColorado Springs70$96,3200.6
ColoradoDenver510$105,8700.9
ConnecticutBridgeport450$126,670 2.2
ConnecticutDanbury30$99,9801
ConnecticutHartford600$104,780 2.2
ConnecticutNew Haven120$105,0800.9
ConnecticutNorwich80$87,6101.5
ConnecticutWaterbury40$82,7501.4
DelawareWilmington130$131,8700.9
District of ColumbiaWashington1,570$119,2901.4
FloridaCape Coral40$67,3000.4
FloridaFort Lauderdale210$96,3900.6
FloridaJacksonville180$76,0800.6
FloridaLakeland40$91,2100.5
FloridaMiami220$93,1200.5
FloridaOrlando350$96,8600.7
FloridaPalm Bay40$80,4400.5
FloridaSarasota40$83,4100.3
FloridaTallahassee30$79,6800.4
FloridaTampa350$91,0300.6
FloridaWest Palm Beach220$87,4800.9
GeorgiaAtlanta1,510$107,0601.3
GeorgiaColumbus50$87,5101
GeorgiaSavannah60$91,1300.9
HawaiiHonolulu190$82,0000.9
IdahoBoise170$86,7901.4
IllinoisBloomington70$122,130 2.4
IllinoisChampaign70$97,9401.7
IllinoisChicago2,630$108,2301.5
IllinoisPeoria60$83,4800.8
IllinoisRockford50$90,9700.7
IndianaBloomington30$84,8901
IndianaColumbus40$81,710 2.3
IndianaElkhart50$70,7300.9
IndianaEvansville80$72,0101
IndianaFort Wayne80$69,9300.8
IndianaGary100$100,3900.8
IndianaIndianapolis610$86,8201.4
IndianaLafayette40$97,8501.2
IndianaSouth Bend60$81,2501
IowaCedar Rapids70$109,6701.2
IowaDavenport50$91,9900.6
IowaDes Moines170$107,6601.1
IowaSioux City40$88,9201.3
IowaWaterloo30$70,5100.8
KansasTopeka60$84,8901.2
KansasWichita110$91,3600.8
KentuckyBowling Green40$82,6801.7
KentuckyLexington130$79,6501.2
KentuckyLouisville510$90,9901.8
KentuckyOwensboro40$70,100 2
LouisianaBaton Rouge170$70,1401
LouisianaLafayette40$59,5700.6
LouisianaNew Orleans250$72,3501.1
LouisianaShreveport40$60,4200.5
MainePortland120$87,9801.3
MarylandBaltimore630$106,8301
MarylandBethesda380$124,0101.4
MassachusettsBoston850$125,3101
MassachusettsFramingham130$112,2701.8
MassachusettsLowell80$120,3001.5
MassachusettsSpringfield100$88,3400.7
MassachusettsWorcester80$111,3100.7
MichiganAnn Arbor120$94,1601.6
MichiganBattle Creek50$115,000 2.5
MichiganDetroit430$123,7801.3
MichiganFlint40$104,3600.7
MichiganGrand Rapids220$79,8601.2
MichiganHolland50$86,0001.1
MichiganKalamazoo100$79,4601.7
MichiganLansing50$86,6400.6
MichiganNiles40$108,2801.5
MichiganWarren550$103,8901
MinnesotaDuluth40$90,8400.7
MinnesotaMinneapolis2,060$113,840 2.4
MinnesotaRochester50$97,7901.2
MinnesotaSt Cloud40$83,1700.9
MissouriJefferson City50$64,3701.7
MissouriKansas City490$95,0101
MissouriSpringfield50$86,2600.6
MissouriSt Louis630$110,4301
NebraskaLincoln50$73,3800.7
NebraskaOmaha160$103,9900.7
NevadaLas Vegas520$87,6001.2
NevadaReno100$90,2301.1
New HampshireManchester60$83,9901.3
New HampshireNashua80$119,4301.3
New HampshireRochester40$98,1201.7
New JerseyAtlantic City60$91,1200.9
New JerseyCamden250$112,5701
New JerseyEdison630$129,7001.3
New JerseyNewark630$129,1401.3
New JerseyTrenton230$103,370 2.4
New MexicoAlbuquerque80$81,0600.4
New MexicoSanta Fe50$52,4801.9
New YorkAlbany440$86,300 2.2
New YorkBinghamton30$76,6200.6
New YorkBuffalo150$110,8600.6
New YorkNassau360$110,1400.6
New YorkNew York4,810$116,8302
New YorkPoughkeepsie60$93,6100.5
New YorkRochester210$101,6500.9
New YorkSyracuse90$87,5200.6
New YorkUtica40$67,3000.7
North CarolinaCharlotte400$110,9001
North CarolinaDurham70$116,3700.6
North CarolinaGreensboro100$87,6000.6
North CarolinaRaleigh140$101,9500.6
North CarolinaWinston Salem90$105,6300.9
OhioAkron140$101,0900.9
OhioCanton50$82,5900.6
OhioCincinnati550$100,2601.1
OhioCleveland570$113,0501.1
OhioColumbus450$104,2501
OhioDayton130$99,9800.7
OhioToledo150$97,1901
OhioYoungstown50$92,9200.5
OklahomaOklahoma City300$59,0401.1
OklahomaTulsa180$68,4400.9
OregonEugene70$81,6501.1
OregonPortland720$100,2701.5
OregonSalem40$79,3600.6
PennsylvaniaAllentown80$106,2200.5
PennsylvaniaHarrisburg100$85,9400.7
PennsylvaniaLancaster50$77,1700.5
PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia690$112,2100.8
PennsylvaniaPittsburgh290$106,5000.5
PennsylvaniaReading40$85,8400.5
PennsylvaniaScranton60$76,8000.5
PennsylvaniaYork30$106,2800.4
Rhode IslandProvidence420$109,3101.6
South CarolinaCharleston90$81,4300.7
South CarolinaColumbia290$69,7001.8
South CarolinaGreenville130$86,5600.9
South CarolinaMyrtle Beach30$84,8600.6
South CarolinaSpartanburg30$95,5900.6
South DakotaSioux Falls70$90,3301.1
TennesseeChattanooga100$76,2400.9
TennesseeKnoxville70$74,6100.5
TennesseeMemphis180$89,4100.6
TennesseeNashville400$91,0801.1
TexasAustin200$114,5700.6
TexasDallas760$123,4500.8
TexasEl Paso70$83,1600.6
TexasFort Worth160$94,5200.4
TexasHouston550$111,9600.5
TexasSan Antonio190$98,7900.5
UtahOgden40$95,2500.4
UtahSalt Lake City200$85,3800.7
VermontBurlington30$107,5100.6
VirginiaRichmond330$114,5701.2
VirginiaRoanoke60$101,5100.8
VirginiaVirginia Beach190$97,3400.5
WashingtonBellingham30$78,1900.9
WashingtonKennewick60$104,6401.6
WashingtonOlympia90$82,620 2.2
WashingtonSeattle1,430$112,500 2.1
WashingtonSpokane90$92,3300.9
WashingtonTacoma90$92,7800.7
West VirginiaCharleston50$69,6600.8
West VirginiaHuntington40$68,3300.8
West VirginiaMorgantown50$78,570 2.7
WisconsinAppleton40$94,1100.8
WisconsinEau Claire60$77,3501.8
WisconsinGreen Bay60$102,9900.8
WisconsinLa Crosse30$95,8201
WisconsinMadison240$101,6001.6
WisconsinMilwaukee520$102,0501.3
WisconsinOshkosh60$101,3101.7
WisconsinRacine30$98,8300.9
WisconsinSheboygan30$85,2401.3
WisconsinWausau30$85,5501.1
WyomingCheyenne30$68,7001.7
 

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