Louisville Metro, Kentucky / Public Works / Personnel Specialist
Job-title file
Coordinate and deliver a specific program area, supporting planning, outreach, and daily operations.
2 employees hold this title in Public Works. Median total compensation for the role is $42,919, below the department median of $47,878.
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. Public Works pays a median base salary of $40,799 for this role, 43% 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 Public Works’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. Public Works’s median base salary is 46% 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.
Median total compensation for this role at Public Works is $42,919, 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 Public Works, the median of $42,919 ranks #3 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/Public Works
Source-specific fields
Lyndora Wheat holds the role of Personnel Specialist at Public Works. In 2021, their total compensation was $44,746.
Personnel Specialist/Public Works
Source-specific fields
Susan Dawes is a Personnel Specialist at Public Works. 2021 total compensation came to $41,093.