City of Seattle / Seattle Public Library / HR Business Partner
Job-title file
Carry out the duties of this position in support of the agency's public mission.
1 employees hold this title in Seattle Public Library. Median total compensation for the role is $121,056, above the department median of $86,268.
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 Public Library pays a median base salary of $121,056 for this role, 30% above that figure — about the 72nd 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 Public Library’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 Public Library’s median base salary is 59% above that national figure, about the 86th 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 Public Library is $121,056, 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
HR Business Partner is held in 2 City of Seattle departments. In Seattle Public Library, the median of $121,056 ranks #1 of 2.
Median total compensation for the HR Business Partner role in other City of Seattledepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
This role is reported in 7 jurisdictions. See HR Business Partner across all of City of Seattle →
Median total compensation for comparable HR Business Partner 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.
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HR Business Partner/Seattle Public Library
Danika Mowery holds the role of HR Business Partner at Seattle Public Library. In 2024, their total compensation was $121,056.