Georgia / Atlanta Regional Commission / HR Specialist
Job-title file
Coordinate and deliver a specific program area, supporting planning, outreach, and daily operations.
2 employees hold this title in Atlanta Regional Commission. Median total compensation for the role is $60,864, below the department median of $78,037.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in Georgia, the median wage for Human Resources Specialists — about 32,110 people — is $70,570. Atlanta Regional Commission pays a median base salary of $60,864 for this role, 14% below that figure — about the 36th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Human Resources Specialists across every employer in Georgia, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Atlanta Regional Commission’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. Atlanta Regional Commission’s median base salary is 20% below that national figure, about the 28th 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 Georgia range relative to the national one.
Median total compensation for this role at Atlanta Regional Commission is $60,864, 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 Specialist is held in 2 Georgia departments. In Atlanta Regional Commission, the median of $60,864 ranks #1 of 2.
Median total compensation for the HR Specialist role in other Georgiadepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
This role is reported in 5 jurisdictions. In Georgia, the median of $49,419 ranks #4 of 5. See HR Specialist across all of Georgia →
Median total compensation for comparable HR Specialist 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 Specialist/Atlanta Regional Commission
Source-specific fields
At Atlanta Regional Commission, Amber Ware serves as a HR Specialist. Their 2025 pay totaled $61,642.
HR Specialist/Atlanta Regional Commission
Sasha Rogers holds the role of HR Specialist at Atlanta Regional Commission. In 2025, their total compensation was $60,086.