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Louisville Metro, Kentucky / Public Works & Assets / Personnel Specialist

Job-title file

Personnel Specialist

Coordinate and deliver a specific program area, supporting planning, outreach, and daily operations.

3 employees hold this title in Public Works & Assets. Median total compensation for the role is $46,935, above the department median of $27,561.

Employees
3
Total payroll
$110.7K
Role median
$46,935
Agency median
$27,561
Comparison
Above

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 Specialistsabout 3,680 people is $71,880. Public Works & Assets pays a median base salary of $43,249 for this role, 40% below that figurebelow the 10th percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Where Public Works & Assets sits in the local pay range

10th
25th
Median
75th
90th
$45,760
$56,070
$71,880
$87,850
$108,420
Public Works & Assets median · $43,249

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 Public Works & Assets’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.

And across the country

Nationwide, the median wage for Human Resources Specialistsabout 912,430 people is $75,940. Public Works & Assets’s median base salary is 43% below that national figure, below the 10th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.

10th
25th
Median
75th
90th
$47,180
$58,610
$75,940
$99,380
$128,720
Public Works & Assets median · $43,249

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 Public Works & Assets is $46,935, 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.

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This role across Louisville Metro, Kentucky

Personnel Specialist is held in 15 Louisville Metro, Kentucky departments. In Public Works & Assets, the median of $46,935 ranks #2 of 15.

Highest-paying departments for this role

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.

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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

City of Seattle
$106,579 · 16
Miami-Dade County
$60,625 · 33
California
$59,137 · 1,709

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

Employees with this title

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Marisa Montgomery

Personnel Specialist/Public Works & Assets

2025 total comp
$49,376
Base pay
$44,807
Overtime
$4,570
Other pay
$0
Benefits
$0
Total compensation
$49,376

Source-specific fields

Annual Rate
$48,277
Record ID
19,706
Year-to-Date Total
$49,376

At Public Works & Assets, Marisa Montgomery serves as a Personnel Specialist. Their 2025 pay totaled $49,376.

Kate Wagner

Personnel Specialist/Public Works & Assets

2023 total comp
$46,935
Base pay
$41,692
Overtime
$5,243
Other pay
$0
Benefits
$0
Total compensation
$46,935

Source-specific fields

Annual Rate
$46,093
Record ID
12,824
Year-to-Date Total
$46,935

Kate Wagner works as a Personnel Specialist for Public Works & Assets. Kate earned $46,935 in 2023.

Sabrina Edmonson

Personnel Specialist/Public Works & Assets

2026 total comp
$14,423
Base pay
$14,419
Overtime
$3
Other pay
$0
Benefits
$0
Total compensation
$14,423

Source-specific fields

Annual Rate
$46,862
Record ID
21,754
Year-to-Date Total
$14,423

Sabrina Edmonson is a Personnel Specialist at Public Works & Assets. 2026 total compensation came to $14,423.