HR Specialist I at Human Resources, Baltimore

Across all employers in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD area, the median wage for Human Resources Specialists — about 7,930 people — is $82,380. Human Resources pays a median base salary of $53,039 for this role, 36% below that figure — below the 10th percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Median total compensation for this role at Human Resources is $53,039, which includes overtime and employer-paid benefits. The benchmark above excludes both, so total compensation is deliberately not compared against it.

Benchmark: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025). BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) covers all employers in the area — private, non-profit, and government alike — so this is a comparison against the whole local labor market for the occupation, not against private-sector pay. OEWS wages are straight-time pay and exclude overtime, shift differentials, and employer-paid benefits, so the government figure shown here is base pay on the same basis. Total compensation is not comparable to it. Job titles are matched to the closest standard occupation, so the comparison is between similar work rather than an identical job classification.

HR Specialist I is held in 3 City of Baltimore departments. In Human Resources, the median of $52,991 ranks #2 of 3.

This role is reported in 5 jurisdictions. In City of Baltimore, the median of $57,414 ranks #3 of 5. See HR Specialist across all of City of Baltimore →

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• Executive Level I 16
• Executive Level II 8
• Human Resources Specialist I 5
• Office Assistant III 5
• Operations Manager III 6