HR Managers: Job, Salary, and School Information from The Riley Guide

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 .

State	Area	Positions	Typical Pay	Popularity in Area
Alabama	Birmingham	250	$101,360	1
Alabama	Huntsville	100	$88,990	1.1
Alabama	Mobile	50	$77,450	0.6
Alabama	Montgomery	70	$91,860	0.9
Alaska	Anchorage	140	$90,620	1.9
Arizona	Phoenix	880	$87,420	1
Arizona	Tucson	150	$86,570	0.9
Arkansas	Fayetteville	190	$88,710	2.1
Arkansas	Fort Smith	50	$81,190	1
Arkansas	Little Rock	130	$76,870	0.8
California	Bakersfield	60	$103,940	0.5
California	Fresno	140	$104,490	0.9
California	Modesto	60	$113,250	0.8
California	Oakland	640	$132,580	1.3
California	Oxnard	200	$126,160	1.5
California	Redding	40	$80,270	1.4
California	Riverside	370	$106,530	0.6
California	Sacramento	390	$106,270	0.9
California	Salinas	50	$108,010	0.7
California	San Diego	730	$111,820	1.2
California	San Francisco	1,070	$138,160	2.3
California	San Jose	1,040	$143,130	2.4
California	Santa Ana	890	$119,560	1.2
California	Santa Barbara	60	$93,950	0.8
California	Santa Cruz	40	$117,710	1.1
California	Santa Rosa	130	$94,180	1.6
California	Stockton	60	$105,100	0.6
California	Vallejo	30	$114,550	0.6
California	Visalia	40	$104,790	0.7
Colorado	Boulder	40	$124,050	0.6
Colorado	Colorado Springs	70	$96,320	0.6
Colorado	Denver	510	$105,870	0.9
Connecticut	Bridgeport	450	$126,670	2.2
Connecticut	Danbury	30	$99,980	1
Connecticut	Hartford	600	$104,780	2.2
Connecticut	New Haven	120	$105,080	0.9
Connecticut	Norwich	80	$87,610	1.5
Connecticut	Waterbury	40	$82,750	1.4
Delaware	Wilmington	130	$131,870	0.9
District of Columbia	Washington	1,570	$119,290	1.4
Florida	Cape Coral	40	$67,300	0.4
Florida	Fort Lauderdale	210	$96,390	0.6
Florida	Jacksonville	180	$76,080	0.6
Florida	Lakeland	40	$91,210	0.5
Florida	Miami	220	$93,120	0.5
Florida	Orlando	350	$96,860	0.7
Florida	Palm Bay	40	$80,440	0.5
Florida	Sarasota	40	$83,410	0.3
Florida	Tallahassee	30	$79,680	0.4
Florida	Tampa	350	$91,030	0.6
Florida	West Palm Beach	220	$87,480	0.9
Georgia	Atlanta	1,510	$107,060	1.3
Georgia	Columbus	50	$87,510	1
Georgia	Savannah	60	$91,130	0.9
Hawaii	Honolulu	190	$82,000	0.9
Idaho	Boise	170	$86,790	1.4
Illinois	Bloomington	70	$122,130	2.4
Illinois	Champaign	70	$97,940	1.7
Illinois	Chicago	2,630	$108,230	1.5
Illinois	Peoria	60	$83,480	0.8
Illinois	Rockford	50	$90,970	0.7
Indiana	Bloomington	30	$84,890	1
Indiana	Columbus	40	$81,710	2.3
Indiana	Elkhart	50	$70,730	0.9
Indiana	Evansville	80	$72,010	1
Indiana	Fort Wayne	80	$69,930	0.8
Indiana	Gary	100	$100,390	0.8
Indiana	Indianapolis	610	$86,820	1.4
Indiana	Lafayette	40	$97,850	1.2
Indiana	South Bend	60	$81,250	1
Iowa	Cedar Rapids	70	$109,670	1.2
Iowa	Davenport	50	$91,990	0.6
Iowa	Des Moines	170	$107,660	1.1
Iowa	Sioux City	40	$88,920	1.3
Iowa	Waterloo	30	$70,510	0.8
Kansas	Topeka	60	$84,890	1.2
Kansas	Wichita	110	$91,360	0.8
Kentucky	Bowling Green	40	$82,680	1.7
Kentucky	Lexington	130	$79,650	1.2
Kentucky	Louisville	510	$90,990	1.8
Kentucky	Owensboro	40	$70,100	2
Louisiana	Baton Rouge	170	$70,140	1
Louisiana	Lafayette	40	$59,570	0.6
Louisiana	New Orleans	250	$72,350	1.1
Louisiana	Shreveport	40	$60,420	0.5
Maine	Portland	120	$87,980	1.3
Maryland	Baltimore	630	$106,830	1
Maryland	Bethesda	380	$124,010	1.4
Massachusetts	Boston	850	$125,310	1
Massachusetts	Framingham	130	$112,270	1.8
Massachusetts	Lowell	80	$120,300	1.5
Massachusetts	Springfield	100	$88,340	0.7
Massachusetts	Worcester	80	$111,310	0.7
Michigan	Ann Arbor	120	$94,160	1.6
Michigan	Battle Creek	50	$115,000	2.5
Michigan	Detroit	430	$123,780	1.3
Michigan	Flint	40	$104,360	0.7
Michigan	Grand Rapids	220	$79,860	1.2
Michigan	Holland	50	$86,000	1.1
Michigan	Kalamazoo	100	$79,460	1.7
Michigan	Lansing	50	$86,640	0.6
Michigan	Niles	40	$108,280	1.5
Michigan	Warren	550	$103,890	1
Minnesota	Duluth	40	$90,840	0.7
Minnesota	Minneapolis	2,060	$113,840	2.4
Minnesota	Rochester	50	$97,790	1.2
Minnesota	St Cloud	40	$83,170	0.9
Missouri	Jefferson City	50	$64,370	1.7
Missouri	Kansas City	490	$95,010	1
Missouri	Springfield	50	$86,260	0.6
Missouri	St Louis	630	$110,430	1
Nebraska	Lincoln	50	$73,380	0.7
Nebraska	Omaha	160	$103,990	0.7
Nevada	Las Vegas	520	$87,600	1.2
Nevada	Reno	100	$90,230	1.1
New Hampshire	Manchester	60	$83,990	1.3
New Hampshire	Nashua	80	$119,430	1.3
New Hampshire	Rochester	40	$98,120	1.7
New Jersey	Atlantic City	60	$91,120	0.9
New Jersey	Camden	250	$112,570	1
New Jersey	Edison	630	$129,700	1.3
New Jersey	Newark	630	$129,140	1.3
New Jersey	Trenton	230	$103,370	2.4
New Mexico	Albuquerque	80	$81,060	0.4
New Mexico	Santa Fe	50	$52,480	1.9
New York	Albany	440	$86,300	2.2
New York	Binghamton	30	$76,620	0.6
New York	Buffalo	150	$110,860	0.6
New York	Nassau	360	$110,140	0.6
New York	New York	4,810	$116,830	2
New York	Poughkeepsie	60	$93,610	0.5
New York	Rochester	210	$101,650	0.9
New York	Syracuse	90	$87,520	0.6
New York	Utica	40	$67,300	0.7
North Carolina	Charlotte	400	$110,900	1
North Carolina	Durham	70	$116,370	0.6
North Carolina	Greensboro	100	$87,600	0.6
North Carolina	Raleigh	140	$101,950	0.6
North Carolina	Winston Salem	90	$105,630	0.9
Ohio	Akron	140	$101,090	0.9
Ohio	Canton	50	$82,590	0.6
Ohio	Cincinnati	550	$100,260	1.1
Ohio	Cleveland	570	$113,050	1.1
Ohio	Columbus	450	$104,250	1
Ohio	Dayton	130	$99,980	0.7
Ohio	Toledo	150	$97,190	1
Ohio	Youngstown	50	$92,920	0.5
Oklahoma	Oklahoma City	300	$59,040	1.1
Oklahoma	Tulsa	180	$68,440	0.9
Oregon	Eugene	70	$81,650	1.1
Oregon	Portland	720	$100,270	1.5
Oregon	Salem	40	$79,360	0.6
Pennsylvania	Allentown	80	$106,220	0.5
Pennsylvania	Harrisburg	100	$85,940	0.7
Pennsylvania	Lancaster	50	$77,170	0.5
Pennsylvania	Philadelphia	690	$112,210	0.8
Pennsylvania	Pittsburgh	290	$106,500	0.5
Pennsylvania	Reading	40	$85,840	0.5
Pennsylvania	Scranton	60	$76,800	0.5
Pennsylvania	York	30	$106,280	0.4
Rhode Island	Providence	420	$109,310	1.6
South Carolina	Charleston	90	$81,430	0.7
South Carolina	Columbia	290	$69,700	1.8
South Carolina	Greenville	130	$86,560	0.9
South Carolina	Myrtle Beach	30	$84,860	0.6
South Carolina	Spartanburg	30	$95,590	0.6
South Dakota	Sioux Falls	70	$90,330	1.1
Tennessee	Chattanooga	100	$76,240	0.9
Tennessee	Knoxville	70	$74,610	0.5
Tennessee	Memphis	180	$89,410	0.6
Tennessee	Nashville	400	$91,080	1.1
Texas	Austin	200	$114,570	0.6
Texas	Dallas	760	$123,450	0.8
Texas	El Paso	70	$83,160	0.6
Texas	Fort Worth	160	$94,520	0.4
Texas	Houston	550	$111,960	0.5
Texas	San Antonio	190	$98,790	0.5
Utah	Ogden	40	$95,250	0.4
Utah	Salt Lake City	200	$85,380	0.7
Vermont	Burlington	30	$107,510	0.6
Virginia	Richmond	330	$114,570	1.2
Virginia	Roanoke	60	$101,510	0.8
Virginia	Virginia Beach	190	$97,340	0.5
Washington	Bellingham	30	$78,190	0.9
Washington	Kennewick	60	$104,640	1.6
Washington	Olympia	90	$82,620	2.2
Washington	Seattle	1,430	$112,500	2.1
Washington	Spokane	90	$92,330	0.9
Washington	Tacoma	90	$92,780	0.7
West Virginia	Charleston	50	$69,660	0.8
West Virginia	Huntington	40	$68,330	0.8
West Virginia	Morgantown	50	$78,570	2.7
Wisconsin	Appleton	40	$94,110	0.8
Wisconsin	Eau Claire	60	$77,350	1.8
Wisconsin	Green Bay	60	$102,990	0.8
Wisconsin	La Crosse	30	$95,820	1
Wisconsin	Madison	240	$101,600	1.6
Wisconsin	Milwaukee	520	$102,050	1.3
Wisconsin	Oshkosh	60	$101,310	1.7
Wisconsin	Racine	30	$98,830	0.9
Wisconsin	Sheboygan	30	$85,240	1.3
Wisconsin	Wausau	30	$85,550	1.1
Wyoming	Cheyenne	30	$68,700	1.7

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