Compared with the local labor market
Personnel Specialist pay vs. the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN area
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. Metro Corrections pays a median base salary of $35,436 for this role, 51% below that figure — below the 10th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
Where Metro Corrections sits in the local pay range
$45,760
$56,070
$71,880
$87,850
$108,420
Metro Corrections median · $35,436
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 Metro 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. Metro Corrections’s median base salary is 53% below that national figure, below the 10th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
$47,180
$58,610
$75,940
$99,380
$128,720
Metro Corrections median · $35,436
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.
Median total compensation for this role at Metro Corrections is $36,112, 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 jurisdictions
Personnel Specialist beyond Louisville Metro, Kentucky
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 →
Highest-paying jurisdictions for this role
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.