Louisville Metro, Kentucky / Personnel Specialist
Role across Louisville Metro, Kentucky
Personnel Specialist
Coordinate and deliver a specific program area, supporting planning, outreach, and daily operations.
29 people hold the Personnel Specialist role across 15 departments in Louisville Metro, Kentucky, with a median total compensation of $36,733. Among 4 jurisdictions where this role is reported, Louisville Metro, Kentucky ranks #4 by median pay.
- Employees
- 29
- Median pay
- $36,733
- Departments
- 15
- Cross-jurisdiction
- #4 of 4
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. Louisville Metro, Kentucky pays a median base salary of $37,551 for this role, 48% below that figure — below the 10th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
Where Louisville Metro, Kentucky sits in the local pay range
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 Louisville Metro, Kentucky’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. Louisville Metro, Kentucky’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 20 of 29 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 Louisville Metro, Kentucky is $36,733, 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 pay in other jurisdictions
Where Personnel Specialists are paid most
Median total compensation for comparable Personnel Specialist roles in other jurisdictions (highest first). Titles are matched by normalized name across sources, not by identical job classification, and pay is not cost-of-living adjusted. Each bar links to that jurisdiction’s page for this role.
Within Louisville Metro, Kentucky
Departments with this role
Largest Louisville Metro, Kentucky departments for this role
Departments in Louisville Metro, Kentuckyemploying the most people in this role. Each bar links to that department’s page for the role.