Pay distribution $111,060 10th $136,590 25th $219,000 75th $291,480 90th
Half of Human Resources Managers in the Seattle metro area earn more than $171,360 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $136,590 and $219,000.
Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS) Wage 10th 25th Median 75th 90th Annual $111,060 $136,590 $171,360 $219,000 $291,480 Hourly $53.39 $65.67 $82.39 $105.29 $140.14
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.
How this area compares Seattle metro areathis metro area
$171,360 median for Seattle metro area; middle half earns $136,590 to $219,000
$165,530 median for Washington; middle half earns $131,210 to $211,210
$149,280 median for United States; middle half earns $111,110 to $199,290
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is +4% vs Washington overall and +15% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Where this metro sits nationally $69,990 $120,147 $170,303 $220,460 Aguadilla, PR — $69,990 San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $80,760 Ponce, PR — $82,770 Lawton, OK — $95,180 Monroe, LA — $95,850 Dover, DE — $97,870 Joplin, MO-KS — $99,520 Idaho Falls, ID — $100,020 Alexandria, LA — $100,240 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $100,530 Tallahassee, FL — $101,210 Montgomery, AL — $102,650 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $103,010 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $103,060 Billings, MT — $103,380 Hammond, LA — $103,380 Fort Smith, AR-OK — $103,580 Wheeling, WV-OH — $103,880 Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL — $103,910 Laredo, TX — $103,990 Altoona, PA — $104,010 Erie, PA — $104,120 Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA — $104,760 Elizabethtown, KY — $105,000 Tuscaloosa, AL — $105,020 Cheyenne, WY — $105,170 Lake Charles, LA — $105,370 Baton Rouge, LA — $105,500 Wichita Falls, TX — $105,680 Jackson, MS — $105,770 Charleston, WV — $105,920 Rapid City, SD — $105,990 Texarkana, TX-AR — $106,610 Jefferson City, MO — $106,850 Cleveland, TN — $107,470 Abilene, TX — $107,640 Lafayette, LA — $107,730 Clarksville, TN-KY — $108,450 Auburn-Opelika, AL — $108,590 Las Cruces, NM — $108,690 Hattiesburg, MS — $108,750 Youngstown-Warren, OH — $108,770 Morristown, TN — $109,010 Traverse City, MI — $109,140 Columbia, SC — $109,440 Dothan, AL — $109,990 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $110,000 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $110,000 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX — $110,230 Mobile, AL — $110,250 Santa Fe, NM — $110,660 Sherman-Denison, TX — $110,770 Rocky Mount, NC — $111,120 Helena, MT — $111,780 Lawrence, KS — $112,130 Manhattan, KS — $112,140 Lebanon, PA — $112,400 Valdosta, GA — $112,590 Twin Falls, ID — $113,200 Johnson City, TN — $113,220 Tyler, TX — $113,260 Wildwood-The Villages, FL — $113,770 Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA — $113,930 Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ — $114,290 Lewiston-Auburn, ME — $114,320 College Station-Bryan, TX — $115,090 St. Joseph, MO-KS — $115,270 Jackson, TN — $115,320 Boise City, ID — $115,360 Oklahoma City, OK — $115,770 Lima, OH — $115,800 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC — $116,010 Fairbanks-College, AK — $116,060 New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $116,350 Rome, GA — $116,910 Ocala, FL — $117,510 Eugene-Springfield, OR — $117,610 Pocatello, ID — $117,730 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $117,950 Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL — $117,960 Iowa City, IA — $118,070 Bowling Green, KY — $118,420 Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC — $118,750 Muncie, IN — $119,310 Longview, TX — $119,330 Johnstown, PA — $119,510 Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — $119,620 Terre Haute, IN — $119,620 Williamsport, PA — $119,830 Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL — $119,960 Albany, GA — $120,240 Bozeman, MT — $120,850 Port St. Lucie, FL — $121,200 San Angelo, TX — $121,220 Fort Wayne, IN — $121,330 Champaign-Urbana, IL — $121,390 Canton-Massillon, OH — $121,410 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $121,470 Kankakee, IL — $121,560 Gainesville, FL — $121,570 Albuquerque, NM — $121,990 Flagstaff, AZ — $122,160 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $122,360 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $122,730 El Paso, TX — $122,780 Lexington-Fayette, KY — $122,850 Sandusky, OH — $122,930 Rockford, IL — $123,090 Saginaw, MI — $123,120 Decatur, AL — $123,160 Battle Creek, MI — $123,250 Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ — $123,310 Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH — $123,440 Glens Falls, NY — $123,570 Missoula, MT — $123,660 Flint, MI — $123,740 Lincoln, NE — $123,830 St. George, UT — $124,200 Columbus, IN — $124,230 Corpus Christi, TX — $124,290 Duluth, MN-WI — $124,290 Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC — $124,300 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $124,540 Tulsa, OK — $124,760 Springfield, MO — $125,000 Toledo, OH — $125,130 Evansville, IN — $125,180 Waco, TX — $125,290 Punta Gorda, FL — $125,330 Asheville, NC — $125,420 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD — $125,430 Lubbock, TX — $125,690 Amarillo, TX — $125,860 Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA — $125,970 Kahului-Wailuku, HI — $126,440 Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $126,550 Bangor, ME — $126,560 Appleton, WI — $126,580 Birmingham, AL — $127,080 Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $127,080 Eau Claire, WI — $127,130 Ogden, UT — $127,250 Spartanburg, SC — $127,570 State College, PA — $127,570 Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL — $127,610 Macon-Bibb County, GA — $127,850 Reno, NV — $127,970 Coeur d'Alene, ID — $128,030 Lancaster, PA — $128,050 Springfield, OH — $128,140 Cape Girardeau, MO-IL — $128,240 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $128,250 Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $128,300 Reading, PA — $128,310 Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $128,350 Logan, UT-ID — $128,400 Gettysburg, PA — $128,430 Decatur, IL — $128,460 Fayetteville, NC — $128,540 Tucson, AZ — $128,730 Yuma, AZ — $128,990 Urban Honolulu, HI — $129,240 Topeka, KS — $129,290 Springfield, IL — $129,310 Athens-Clarke County, GA — $129,490 Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $129,500 Bloomington, IN — $129,580 Dubuque, IA — $129,670 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $129,710 Chattanooga, TN-GA — $129,900 Mansfield, OH — $129,930 York-Hanover, PA — $130,140 Columbia, MO — $130,190 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $130,200 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $130,260 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $130,370 Huntsville, AL — $130,410 Cedar Rapids, IA — $130,430 Vineland, NJ — $130,480 Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI — $130,520 Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI — $130,580 Harrisonburg, VA — $130,590 Dalton, GA — $130,700 Columbus, GA-AL — $130,870 Columbus, OH — $131,100 Wausau, WI — $131,240 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $131,350 Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $131,420 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $131,570 Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $131,570 Salisbury, MD — $131,660 Pittsburgh, PA — $131,690 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $131,770 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI — $131,830 Akron, OH — $131,890 Morgantown, WV — $131,990 Omaha, NE-IA — $132,020 Wichita, KS — $132,050 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $132,070 Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $132,100 Knoxville, TN — $132,200 Odessa, TX — $132,250 Amherst Town-Northampton, MA — $132,280 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $132,620 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $132,640 Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $132,680 Owensboro, KY — $132,760 La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $132,850 Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA — $133,190 Greensboro-High Point, NC — $133,320 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $133,320 Kenosha, WI — $133,330 Naples-Marco Island, FL — $133,430 Monroe, MI — $133,510 Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $133,620 Savannah, GA — $133,690 Corvallis, OR — $133,830 St. Louis, MO-IL — $133,880 Jacksonville, FL — $133,950 Utica-Rome, NY — $134,300 Elkhart-Goshen, IN — $134,320 Cleveland, OH — $134,380 Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $134,420 Burlington, NC — $135,220 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $135,230 St. Cloud, MN — $135,250 Grand Forks, ND-MN — $135,340 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $135,350 Green Bay, WI — $135,400 Anchorage, AK — $135,480 Chambersburg, PA — $135,570 Killeen-Temple, TX — $135,580 Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $135,610 Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $135,770 Lynchburg, VA — $136,100 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $136,230 Barnstable Town, MA — $136,260 Florence, SC — $136,400 Stockton-Lodi, CA — $136,410 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $136,530 Salem, OR — $136,990 Warner Robins, GA — $137,050 Medford, OR — $137,110 Winston-Salem, NC — $137,110 Longview-Kelso, WA — $137,230 Brunswick-St. Simons, GA — $137,350 Ames, IA — $137,390 Roanoke, VA — $137,510 Portland-South Portland, ME — $137,550 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $137,560 Bellingham, WA — $137,920 El Centro, CA — $137,930 Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $138,130 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $138,140 Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA — $138,220 Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $138,560 Pueblo, CO — $138,800 Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $138,920 Grand Junction, CO — $138,940 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $139,010 Fond du Lac, WI — $139,060 Janesville-Beloit, WI — $139,360 Bend, OR — $139,380 Winchester, VA-WV — $139,390 Chico, CA — $139,830 Sheboygan, WI — $139,830 Gainesville, GA — $140,120 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $140,400 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $140,410 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $140,670 Madison, WI — $140,680 Rochester, MN — $140,800 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $140,890 Kansas City, MO-KS — $140,890 Albany, OR — $140,910 Wilmington, NC — $140,960 Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $141,030 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $142,110 Lexington Park, MD — $142,140 Visalia, CA — $142,320 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $142,600 Manchester-Nashua, NH — $142,600 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $142,940 Fresno, CA — $143,180 Yuba City, CA — $143,210 Redding, CA — $143,330 Ann Arbor, MI — $143,670 Raleigh-Cary, NC — $144,190 Fargo, ND-MN — $144,450 Bloomington, IL — $144,780 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $145,610 Pittsfield, MA — $145,640 Syracuse, NY — $146,160 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $146,370 Rochester, NY — $146,990 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $147,050 Mankato, MN — $147,830 Midland, TX — $148,080 Niles, MI — $148,360 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $148,740 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $148,900 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $149,610 Jackson, MI — $149,930 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $149,980 Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $150,180 Salinas, CA — $150,390 Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA — $151,170 Colorado Springs, CO — $151,180 Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $151,580 Richmond, VA — $152,190 Kennewick-Richland, WA — $152,300 Springfield, MA — $152,400 Merced, CA — $153,210 Modesto, CA — $153,630 New Haven, CT — $153,820 Peoria, IL — $154,490 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $154,490 Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA — $154,640 Charlottesville, VA — $155,290 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $155,360 Bismarck, ND — $156,110 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $156,300 Binghamton, NY — $156,640 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $156,770 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $156,820 Greenville, NC — $156,950 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $158,180 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $158,930 Kingston, NY — $158,980 Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $159,050 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $159,390 Worcester, MA — $160,470 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $160,580 Yakima, WA — $160,640 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $161,250 Greeley, CO — $161,390 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $161,550 Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $161,720 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $162,230 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $163,190 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $163,290 Vallejo, CA — $163,560 Ithaca, NY — $164,420 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $164,570 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $165,160 Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA — $165,790 Napa, CA — $167,490 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $168,400 Boulder, CO — $169,000 Midland, MI — $170,710 Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $170,940 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $171,360 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $177,960 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $184,990 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $185,100 Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $191,190 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $209,340 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $220,460 Seattle metro area 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 Seattle metro area has the 7th-highest published median for this occupation among the 358 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”.
Other metro areas in Washington Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for human resources managers, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
Seattle metro areathis page
$171,360 median for Seattle metro area; middle half earns $136,590 to $219,000
$165,790 median for Bremerton metro area; middle half earns $142,490 to $189,510
$160,640 median for Yakima metro area; middle half earns $118,900 to $178,100
$154,640 median for Wenatchee metro area; middle half earns $130,350 to $180,680
$152,300 median for Kennewick metro area; middle half earns $127,480 to $178,680
$151,170 median for Mount Vernon metro area; middle half earns $124,520 to $178,380
$147,050 median for Spokane metro area; middle half earns $119,950 to $205,460
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
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 .