Louisville Metro, Kentucky / Department of Corrections / Personnel Specialist
Job-title file
Coordinate and deliver a specific program area, supporting planning, outreach, and daily operations.
3 employees hold this title in Department of Corrections. Median total compensation for the role is $39,153, above the department median of $31,974.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN area, the median wage for Human Resources Specialists — about 3,680 people — is $71,880. Department of Corrections pays a median base salary of $37,573 for this role, 48% below that figure — below the 10th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Human Resources Specialists across every employer in the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Department of Corrections’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Human Resources Specialists — about 912,430 people — is $75,940. Department of Corrections’s median base salary is 51% below that national figure, below the 10th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
Local and national wages differ for reasons beyond how well a job pays — cost of living, the mix of employers, and local demand for the occupation all move the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN range relative to the national one.
Computed over the 2 of 3 people in this role paid at least $25,000 in base salary. The rest are part-year or part-time records, whose actual pay isn’t comparable to a full-time annual wage.
Median total compensation for this role at Department of Corrections is $39,153, 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.
Compare departments
Personnel Specialist is held in 15 Louisville Metro, Kentucky departments. In Department of Corrections, the median of $39,153 ranks #6 of 15.
Median total compensation for the Personnel Specialist role in other Louisville Metro, Kentuckydepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
This role is reported in 4 jurisdictions. In Louisville Metro, Kentucky, the median of $36,733 ranks #4 of 4. See Personnel Specialist across all of Louisville Metro, Kentucky →
Median total compensation for comparable Personnel Specialist roles in other jurisdictions. Titles are matched by normalized name across sources, not identical job classification, and pay is not cost-of-living adjusted. Each bar links to that jurisdiction’s page for the role.
Record list
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Personnel Specialist/Department of Corrections
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Brandie Burggraf holds the role of Personnel Specialist at Department of Corrections. In 2022, their total compensation was $48,189.
Personnel Specialist/Department of Corrections
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Duane Nunnally holds the role of Personnel Specialist at Department of Corrections. In 2022, their total compensation was $39,153.
Personnel Specialist/Department of Corrections
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Jennifer Scott works as a Personnel Specialist for Department of Corrections. Jennifer earned $22,223 in 2026.