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

Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping Salary in the Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area

Figures describe the Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area, a BLS-defined region outside metropolitan areas — not a single city or town.

Median annual wage$46,410
Median hourly wage$22.31

Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping in the Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area earned a median of $46,410 per year ($22.31 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $35,760 at the 10th percentile to $67,540 at the 90th. BLS estimates 180 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping in the Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area earn more than $46,410 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $38,640 and $55,960.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$35,760$38,640$46,410$55,960$67,540
Hourly$17.19$18.58$22.31$26.90$32.47

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

  • Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area
    $46,410 median for Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $38,640 to $55,960
  • $52,920 median for New York; middle half earns $46,290 to $63,350
  • $50,610 median for United States; middle half earns $44,030 to $59,800

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

The median here is −12% vs New York overall and −8% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Other metro areas in New York

Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.

  • Southwest New York nonmetropolitan areathis page
    $46,410 median for Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $38,640 to $55,960
  • $56,850 median for New York metro area; middle half earns $47,600 to $64,830
  • $52,690 median for Albany metro area; middle half earns $46,290 to $60,440
  • $52,140 median for Ithaca metro area; middle half earns $48,700 to $62,720
  • $51,840 median for Binghamton metro area; middle half earns $45,510 to $58,720
  • $50,940 median for Watertown metro area; middle half earns $42,340 to $54,950
  • $50,710 median for Kiryas Joel metro area; middle half earns $45,540 to $61,080

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

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

Highest-paying metro areas for human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeepings · Highest-paying occupations in Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area

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.