Human Resources Specialist

Across all employers in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN area, the median wage for Human Resources Specialists — about 26,470 people — is $78,210. Talent Office pays a median base salary of $66,792 for this role, 15% below that figure — about the 33rd percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Median total compensation for this role at Talent Office is $86,470, 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.

This role is reported in 14 jurisdictions. In Chicago Public Schools, the median of $86,470 ranks #2 of 14. See Human Resources Specialist across all of Chicago Public Schools →