Human Resource Manager Schools, Salaries, and Job Data

Job Numbers and Growth

There were about 58,000 jobs for human resource managers in the US in 2008. Compared to other occupations, unemployment for workers was ranked low. The percentage of employees without jobs in 2008 was 3%.

Area Job Conditions

The cities with the most jobs for human resource managers are Morgantown (West Virginia), Battle Creek (Michigan), and Minneapolis (Minnesota), and cities with the least jobs are Fort Worth (Texas), York (Pennsylvania), and Sarasota (Florida).

The highest salaries for workers are found in San Jose (California), San Francisco (California), and Oakland (California), and the lowest-paying areas are in Oklahoma City (Oklahoma), Shreveport (Louisiana), and Santa Fe (New Mexico).

Training and Education

People who want to work as employees should consider getting a bachelor's or higher degree, plus work experience. More than 58% of human resource managers have a four year degree. About 28% of workers have attended college, but not earned a bachelor's degree. For 15% of employees a high school diploma was all that was required. 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.

Part-Time Work and Self-Employment

About 3% of human resource managers work part of the time. About 1% of workers are self-employed.

Human Resource Managers: An Introductory Video

Human Resource Managers Around the Country

In the list below, each metro area is rated for the relative popularity of human resource managers compared to other locations (that is, jobs per population). Single or double up or down arrows indicate the relative popularity in that location. Within each state listing, metro areas are sorted by the actual number of jobs for human resource managers.

Alabama

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Birmingham	$101,000	250
Huntsville	$89,000	100
Montgomery	$92,000	70
Mobile	$77,000	50

Alaska

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Anchorage	$91,000	140

Arizona

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Phoenix	$87,000	880
Tucson	$87,000	150

Arkansas

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Fayetteville	$89,000	190
Little Rock	$77,000	130
Fort Smith	$81,000	50

California

Location	Median Pay	Workers
San Francisco	$138,000	1,070
San Jose	$143,000	1,040
Santa Ana	$120,000	890
San Diego	$112,000	730
Oakland	$133,000	640
Sacramento	$106,000	390
Riverside	$107,000	370
Oxnard	$126,000	200
Fresno	$104,000	140
Santa Rosa	$94,000	130
Modesto	$113,000	60
Bakersfield	$104,000	60
Stockton	$105,000	60
Santa Barbara	$94,000	60
Salinas	$108,000	50
Redding	$80,000	40
Santa Cruz	$118,000	40
Visalia	$105,000	40
Vallejo	$115,000	30

Colorado

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Denver	$106,000	510
Colorado Springs	$96,000	70
Boulder	$124,000	40

Connecticut

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Hartford	$105,000	600
Bridgeport	$127,000	450
New Haven	$105,000	120
Norwich	$88,000	80
Waterbury	$83,000	40
Danbury	$100,000	30

Delaware

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Wilmington	$132,000	130

District of Columbia

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Washington	$119,000	1,570

Florida

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Tampa	$91,000	350
Orlando	$97,000	350
Miami	$93,000	220
West Palm Beach	$87,000	220
Fort Lauderdale	$96,000	210
Jacksonville	$76,000	180
Sarasota	$83,000	40
Palm Bay	$80,000	40
Cape Coral	$67,000	40
Lakeland	$91,000	40
Tallahassee	$80,000	30

Georgia

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Atlanta	$107,000	1,510
Savannah	$91,000	60
Columbus	$88,000	50

Hawaii

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Honolulu	$82,000	190

Idaho

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Boise	$87,000	170

Illinois

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Chicago	$108,000	2,630
Bloomington	$122,000	70
Champaign	$98,000	70
Peoria	$83,000	60
Rockford	$91,000	50

Indiana

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Indianapolis	$87,000	610
Gary	$100,000	100
Evansville	$72,000	80
Fort Wayne	$70,000	80
South Bend	$81,000	60
Elkhart	$71,000	50
Lafayette	$98,000	40
Columbus	$82,000	40
Bloomington	$85,000	30

Iowa

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Des Moines	$108,000	170
Cedar Rapids	$110,000	70
Davenport	$92,000	50
Sioux City	$89,000	40
Waterloo	$71,000	30

Kansas

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Wichita	$91,000	110
Topeka	$85,000	60

Kentucky

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Louisville	$91,000	510
Lexington	$80,000	130
Bowling Green	$83,000	40
Owensboro	$70,000	40

Louisiana

Location	Median Pay	Workers
New Orleans	$72,000	250
Baton Rouge	$70,000	170
Shreveport	$60,000	40
Lafayette	$60,000	40

Maine

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Portland	$88,000	120

Maryland

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Baltimore	$107,000	630
Bethesda	$124,000	380

Massachusetts

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Boston	$125,000	850
Framingham	$112,000	130
Springfield	$88,000	100
Lowell	$120,000	80
Worcester	$111,000	80

Michigan

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Warren	$104,000	550
Detroit	$124,000	430
Grand Rapids	$80,000	220
Ann Arbor	$94,000	120
Kalamazoo	$79,000	100
Battle Creek	$115,000	50
Lansing	$87,000	50
Holland	$86,000	50
Niles	$108,000	40
Flint	$104,000	40

Minnesota

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Minneapolis	$114,000	2,060
Rochester	$98,000	50
St Cloud	$83,000	40
Duluth	$91,000	40

Missouri

Location	Median Pay	Workers
St Louis	$110,000	630
Kansas City	$95,000	490
Springfield	$86,000	50
Jefferson City	$64,000	50

Nebraska

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Omaha	$104,000	160
Lincoln	$73,000	50

Nevada

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Las Vegas	$88,000	520
Reno	$90,000	100

New Hampshire

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Nashua	$119,000	80
Manchester	$84,000	60
Rochester	$98,000	40

New Jersey

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Newark	$129,000	630
Edison	$130,000	630
Camden	$113,000	250
Trenton	$103,000	230
Atlantic City	$91,000	60

New Mexico

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Albuquerque	$81,000	80
Santa Fe	$52,000	50

New York

Location	Median Pay	Workers
New York	$117,000	4,810
Albany	$86,000	440
Nassau	$110,000	360
Rochester	$102,000	210
Buffalo	$111,000	150
Syracuse	$88,000	90
Poughkeepsie	$94,000	60
Utica	$67,000	40
Binghamton	$77,000	30

North Carolina

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Charlotte	$111,000	400
Raleigh	$102,000	140
Greensboro	$88,000	100
Winston Salem	$106,000	90
Durham	$116,000	70

Ohio

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Cleveland	$113,000	570
Cincinnati	$100,000	550
Columbus	$104,000	450
Toledo	$97,000	150
Akron	$101,000	140
Dayton	$100,000	130
Canton	$83,000	50
Youngstown	$93,000	50

Oklahoma

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Oklahoma City	$59,000	300
Tulsa	$68,000	180

Oregon

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Portland	$100,000	720
Eugene	$82,000	70
Salem	$79,000	40

Pennsylvania

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Philadelphia	$112,000	690
Pittsburgh	$107,000	290
Harrisburg	$86,000	100
Allentown	$106,000	80
Scranton	$77,000	60
Lancaster	$77,000	50
Reading	$86,000	40
York	$106,000	30

Rhode Island

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Providence	$109,000	420

South Carolina

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Columbia	$70,000	290
Greenville	$87,000	130
Charleston	$81,000	90
Spartanburg	$96,000	30
Myrtle Beach	$85,000	30

South Dakota

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Sioux Falls	$90,000	70

Tennessee

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Nashville	$91,000	400
Memphis	$89,000	180
Chattanooga	$76,000	100
Knoxville	$75,000	70

Texas

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Dallas	$123,000	760
Houston	$112,000	550
Austin	$115,000	200
San Antonio	$99,000	190
Fort Worth	$95,000	160
El Paso	$83,000	70

Utah

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Salt Lake City	$85,000	200
Ogden	$95,000	40

Vermont

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Burlington	$108,000	30

Virginia

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Richmond	$115,000	330
Virginia Beach	$97,000	190
Roanoke	$102,000	60

Washington

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Seattle	$113,000	1,430
Tacoma	$93,000	90
Olympia	$83,000	90
Spokane	$92,000	90
Kennewick	$105,000	60
Bellingham	$78,000	30

West Virginia

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Charleston	$70,000	50
Morgantown	$79,000	50
Huntington	$68,000	40

Wisconsin

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Milwaukee	$102,000	520
Madison	$102,000	240
Eau Claire	$77,000	60
Oshkosh	$101,000	60
Green Bay	$103,000	60
Appleton	$94,000	40
Wausau	$86,000	30
La Crosse	$96,000	30
Sheboygan	$85,000	30
Racine	$99,000	30

Wyoming

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Cheyenne	$69,000	30

Our human resource manager career and school information is provided by CTI Career Search.

Campus Schools for Human Resource Managers