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Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping · SOC 43-4161

Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping Salary in the Fargo Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Fargo, ND-MN metro area

Figures describe the Fargo, ND-MN metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Fargo city limits.

Median annual wage$49,680
Median hourly wage$23.89

Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping in the Fargo, ND-MN metro area earned a median of $49,680 per year ($23.89 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $41,190 at the 10th percentile to $62,080 at the 90th. BLS estimates 60 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping in the Fargo metro area earn more than $49,680 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $45,700 and $58,190.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$41,190$45,700$49,680$58,190$62,080
Hourly$19.80$21.97$23.89$27.98$29.85

A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.

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How this area compares

  • Fargo metro areathis metro area
    $49,680
  • North Dakotastate (ND)
    $53,000
  • United Statesnational
    $50,610

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

The median here is −6% vs North Dakota overall and −2% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

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Where this metro sits nationally

$25,170$39,310$53,450$67,590College Station-Bryan, TX — $25,170Mayaguez, PR — $25,690Ponce, PR — $27,550Aguadilla, PR — $27,890San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $29,690Laredo, TX — $35,290Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL — $37,360Yuma, AZ — $38,250Brownsville-Harlingen, TX — $38,880Valdosta, GA — $39,060Wheeling, WV-OH — $39,530Mobile, AL — $39,630McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $39,700Springfield, MO — $40,090Lubbock, TX — $40,220Tuscaloosa, AL — $40,430Morgantown, WV — $40,440Fort Smith, AR-OK — $40,700Cleveland, TN — $41,120Macon-Bibb County, GA — $41,660Charleston, WV — $41,970Dalton, GA — $42,000Corpus Christi, TX — $42,340Spartanburg, SC — $42,340Youngstown-Warren, OH — $42,340Dubuque, IA — $42,680Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $42,880Bloomington, IN — $42,970Las Cruces, NM — $43,120Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $43,190Amarillo, TX — $43,410Huntsville, AL — $43,620Terre Haute, IN — $43,700Savannah, GA — $43,790Athens-Clarke County, GA — $43,820Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC — $43,930Bloomington, IL — $44,000Canton-Massillon, OH — $44,040Ocala, FL — $44,050Warner Robins, GA — $44,190Gainesville, FL — $44,220Evansville, IN — $44,260Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $44,400Chattanooga, TN-GA — $44,520Clarksville, TN-KY — $44,650Tulsa, OK — $44,740Lafayette, LA — $44,770Oklahoma City, OK — $44,780Waco, TX — $44,790Hanford-Corcoran, CA — $44,870Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC — $44,950Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $44,950Jacksonville, NC — $44,980Tallahassee, FL — $44,980Longview, TX — $45,010El Paso, TX — $45,020Knoxville, TN — $45,030Winston-Salem, NC — $45,040Rockford, IL — $45,060Jefferson City, MO — $45,180Ames, IA — $45,200Columbia, SC — $45,410Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $45,440Wausau, WI — $45,450Birmingham, AL — $45,500Jackson, MS — $45,620Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $45,630Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $45,660Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $45,790Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $45,810Tucson, AZ — $45,830Roanoke, VA — $45,870Wichita Falls, TX — $45,890Pittsburgh, PA — $45,900Saginaw, MI — $45,930El Centro, CA — $46,010Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $46,020Cedar Rapids, IA — $46,030Flint, MI — $46,100Kingston, NY — $46,120South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $46,120Jackson, TN — $46,160Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $46,190Lincoln, NE — $46,280Wichita, KS — $46,310Bowling Green, KY — $46,320Asheville, NC — $46,360Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — $46,420Morristown, TN — $46,450Erie, PA — $46,560Johnson City, TN — $46,760Fort Wayne, IN — $46,790Flagstaff, AZ — $46,800Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $46,800Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $46,860Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI — $46,890Peoria, IL — $47,010Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $47,070Appleton, WI — $47,130Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $47,130Toledo, OH — $47,130North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $47,230Goldsboro, NC — $47,260Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $47,400Wilmington, NC — $47,420Lancaster, PA — $47,640Omaha, NE-IA — $47,650Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $47,700Lynchburg, VA — $47,740Montgomery, AL — $47,830Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $47,840Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $47,900Bangor, ME — $47,920Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $47,920St. Louis, MO-IL — $47,960Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $47,970Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $47,990San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $48,060St. Cloud, MN — $48,210Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $48,310Abilene, TX — $48,350Port St. Lucie, FL — $48,390Rochester, NY — $48,390Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $48,400Glens Falls, NY — $48,410Baton Rouge, LA — $48,420Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $48,490Duluth, MN-WI — $48,520Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $48,630Raleigh-Cary, NC — $48,640Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $48,680Eugene-Springfield, OR — $48,690Eau Claire, WI — $48,720Cleveland, OH — $48,740Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $48,770La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $48,790State College, PA — $48,810Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $48,870Utica-Rome, NY — $48,880Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $48,890Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $48,900Elmira, NY — $48,900Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $48,920Urban Honolulu, HI — $48,930Reno, NV — $48,950Naples-Marco Island, FL — $48,970Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $48,990Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $49,000Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $49,020Columbia, MO — $49,070Columbus, GA-AL — $49,110Gainesville, GA — $49,110Elkhart-Goshen, IN — $49,140Akron, OH — $49,270Charlottesville, VA — $49,300Oshkosh-Neenah, WI — $49,340New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $49,570Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $49,590York-Hanover, PA — $49,620Greensboro-High Point, NC — $49,660Harrisonburg, VA — $49,660Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $49,660Fargo, ND-MN — $49,680Jacksonville, FL — $49,730Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $49,760Rocky Mount, NC — $49,760Fayetteville, NC — $49,770Worcester, MA — $49,850Dover, DE — $49,900Lewiston-Auburn, ME — $49,910Killeen-Temple, TX — $49,920Ogden, UT — $49,940Springfield, IL — $49,940Carson City, NV — $49,960Chambersburg, PA — $50,070Parkersburg-Vienna, WV — $50,140Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $50,140Green Bay, WI — $50,170Fresno, CA — $50,210Syracuse, NY — $50,210Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $50,330Redding, CA — $50,370Albuquerque, NM — $50,480Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $50,530Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $50,540Janesville-Beloit, WI — $50,610Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $50,630Medford, OR — $50,650Lexington-Fayette, KY — $50,690Columbus, OH — $50,700Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $50,710Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $50,800Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $50,800Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $50,800Madison, WI — $50,810Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $50,820Salisbury, MD — $50,920Yakima, WA — $50,930Watertown-Fort Drum, NY — $50,940Colorado Springs, CO — $51,060Chico, CA — $51,120Kenosha, WI — $51,200Ann Arbor, MI — $51,220Reading, PA — $51,410Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $51,440Greenville, NC — $51,500Kahului-Wailuku, HI — $51,530Auburn-Opelika, AL — $51,570Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $51,570Lawton, OK — $51,630Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA — $51,660Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $51,750Boise City, ID — $51,770Portland-South Portland, ME — $51,770Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $51,790Manhattan, KS — $51,820Binghamton, NY — $51,840Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $51,860Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $51,880Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA — $51,950Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $52,040Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $52,070Ithaca, NY — $52,140Kansas City, MO-KS — $52,140Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $52,150Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $52,180Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $52,230Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $52,260Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $52,320Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $52,420Hinesville, GA — $52,440Merced, CA — $52,590Visalia, CA — $52,590Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $52,690Richmond, VA — $52,730Vineland, NJ — $52,790Bellingham, WA — $52,910Salinas, CA — $53,000Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $53,030Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $53,040Bend, OR — $53,100Manchester-Nashua, NH — $53,340Springfield, MA — $53,390Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $53,580Kennewick-Richland, WA — $53,620Midland, TX — $53,640Mankato, MN — $53,910Topeka, KS — $53,930Salem, OR — $54,040Yuba City, CA — $54,040Stockton-Lodi, CA — $54,060Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA — $54,160Greeley, CO — $54,170Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $54,220Anchorage, AK — $54,900Elizabethtown, KY — $54,950Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $55,190Iowa City, IA — $55,650Modesto, CA — $55,780San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $55,830Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $56,100Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA — $56,140Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $56,670New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $56,850New Haven, CT — $57,020San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $57,130Grand Junction, CO — $57,160Winchester, VA-WV — $57,160Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $57,200Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA — $57,220Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $57,440Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $57,530Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $57,600Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $57,820Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $58,140Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $58,610Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $59,120Boulder, CO — $59,690Corvallis, OR — $59,880Lexington Park, MD — $59,970Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $60,420Rochester, MN — $60,540Napa, CA — $61,390Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $61,600Vallejo, CA — $61,870San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $66,550San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $67,590

Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.

The Fargo metro area has the 125th-highest published median for this occupation among the 287 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Keep exploring

Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:

Customer Service Representatives$40,900Office Clerks, General$49,060Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$47,060Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$50,570First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers$67,750Receptionists and Information Clerks$38,500

Highest-paying metro areas for human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeepings · Highest-paying occupations in Fargo Metro

About this estimate

These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.

Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.