City of Seattle / Seattle Police Department / Personnel Specialist Trainee
Job-title file
Coordinate and deliver a specific program area, supporting planning, outreach, and daily operations.
1 employees hold this title in Seattle Police Department. Median total compensation for the role is $91,229, below the department median of $156,728.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA area, the median wage for Human Resources Specialists — about 14,120 people — is $92,770. Seattle Police Department pays a median base salary of $91,229 for this role, 2% below that figure — about the 48th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Human Resources Specialists across every employer in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Seattle Police Department’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. Seattle Police Department’s median base salary is 20% above that national figure, about the 66th 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 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA range relative to the national one.
Median total compensation for this role at Seattle Police Department is $91,229, 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 Trainee is held in 2 City of Seattle departments. In Seattle Police Department, the median of $91,229 ranks #1 of 2.
Median total compensation for the Personnel Specialist Trainee role in other City of Seattledepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
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Personnel Specialist Trainee/Seattle Police Department
At Seattle Police Department, Elena Nguyen serves as a Personnel Specialist Trainee. Their 2024 pay totaled $91,229.