Miami-Dade County / Animal Services / Senior Personnel Specialist
Job-title file
Coordinate and deliver a specific program area, supporting planning, outreach, and daily operations.
2 employees hold this title in Animal Services. Median total compensation for the role is $78,332, above the department median of $58,786.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL area, the median wage for Human Resources Specialists — about 18,080 people — is $67,580. Animal Services pays a median base salary of $78,332 for this role, 16% above that figure — about the 63rd percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Human Resources Specialists across every employer in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Animal Services’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. Animal Services’s median base salary is 3% above that national figure, about the 53rd 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 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL range relative to the national one.
Median total compensation for this role at Animal Services is $78,332, 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
Senior Personnel Specialist is held in 13 Miami-Dade County departments. In Animal Services, the median of $78,332 ranks #8 of 13.
Median total compensation for the Senior Personnel Specialist role in other Miami-Dade Countydepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
This role is reported in 2 jurisdictions. In Miami-Dade County, the median of $76,614 ranks #2 of 2. See Senior Personnel Specialist across all of Miami-Dade County →
Median total compensation for comparable Senior 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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Senior Personnel Specialist/Animal Services
Source-specific fields
Alejandro Herrera holds the role of Senior Personnel Specialist at Animal Services within Mdc. In 2026, their total compensation was $80,050.
Senior Personnel Specialist/Animal Services
Source-specific fields
Eduardo Rodriguez holds the role of Senior Personnel Specialist at Animal Services within Mdc. In 2026, their total compensation was $76,614.