City of Worcester / Unknown Department / Principal HR Generalist
Job-title file
Lead staff and operations — set priorities, allocate resources, and oversee program delivery.
2 employees hold this title in Unknown Department. Median total compensation for the role is $82,690, above the department median of $69,055.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in the Worcester, MA area, the median wage for Human Resources Specialists — about 2,050 people — is $77,290. Unknown Department pays a median base salary of $82,665 for this role, 7% above that figure — about the 56th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Human Resources Specialists across every employer in the Worcester, MA area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Unknown 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. Unknown Department’s median base salary is 9% above that national figure, about the 57th 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 Worcester, MA range relative to the national one.
Median total compensation for this role at Unknown Department is $82,690, 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.
Record list
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Principal HR Generalist/Unknown Department
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Judith Caron holds the role of Principal HR Generalist at Unknown Department. In 2024, their total compensation was $86,064.
Principal HR Generalist/Unknown Department
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April Williams-Ortiz works as a Principal HR Generalist for Unknown Department. April earned $79,316 in 2024.