Compared with the local labor market
HR Business Partner pay vs. the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI area
Across all employers in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI area, the median wage for Human Resources Specialists — about 12,660 people — is $80,330. Human Resources pays a median base salary of $100,066 for this role, 25% above that figure — about the 72nd percentile of local pay for the occupation.
Where Human Resources sits in the local pay range
$50,690
$63,230
$80,330
$102,590
$129,850
Human Resources median · $100,066
The bar is the range of annual wages for Human Resources Specialists across every employer in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Human Resources’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. Human Resources’s median base salary is 32% above that national figure, about the 75th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
$47,180
$58,610
$75,940
$99,380
$128,720
Human Resources median · $100,066
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 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI range relative to the national one.
Median total compensation for this role at Human Resources is $100,162, 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
HR Business Partner beyond Ramsey County, Minnesota
This role is reported in 7 jurisdictions. In Ramsey County, Minnesota, the median of $100,162 ranks #1 of 7. See HR Business Partner across all of Ramsey County, Minnesota →
Highest-paying jurisdictions for this role
Median total compensation for comparable HR Business Partnerroles 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.