City of Worcester / HR Business Partner
Role across City of Worcester
HR Business Partner
Carry out the duties of this position in support of the agency's public mission.
2 people hold the HR Business Partner role across 1 department in City of Worcester, with a median total compensation of $56,866.
- Employees
- 2
- Median pay
- $56,866
- Departments
- 1
- Cross-jurisdiction
- —
Compared with the local labor market
HR Business Partner pay vs. the Worcester, MA area
Across all employers in the Worcester, MA area, the median wage for Human Resources Specialists — about 2,050 people — is $77,290. City of Worcester pays a median base salary of $56,314 for this role, 27% below that figure — about the 17th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
Where City of Worcester sits in the local pay range
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 City of Worcester’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. City of Worcester’s median base salary is 26% below that national figure, about the 22nd 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 City of Worcester is $56,866, 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 pay in other jurisdictions
Where HR Business Partners are paid most
Median total compensation for comparable HR Business Partner roles in other jurisdictions (highest first). Titles are matched by normalized name across sources, not by identical job classification, and pay is not cost-of-living adjusted. Each bar links to that jurisdiction’s page for this role.