HR Generalist

Across all employers in Maine, the median wage for Human Resources Specialists — about 3,020 people — is $71,630. Department of Family and Protective Services Statewide Service Center pays a median base salary of $62,874 for this role, 12% below that figure — about the 34th percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Computed over the 3 of 4 people in this role paid at least $25,000 in base salary. The rest are part-year or part-time records, whose actual pay isn’t comparable to a full-time annual wage.

Median total compensation for this role at Department of Family and Protective Services Statewide Service Center is $59,197, 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.

HR Generalist is held in 3 Maine departments. In Department of Family and Protective Services Statewide Service Center, the median of $59,197 ranks #1 of 3.

This role is reported in 6 jurisdictions. In Maine, the median of $41,320 ranks #6 of 6. See HR Generalist across all of Maine →

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• Accounting Analyst Supervisor 15
• Accounting Assistant Technician 33
• Accounting Associate I 18
• Accounting Support Specialist 17
• Accounting Support Technician 17
• Accounting Technician 56
• Business Manager I 5
• Business Services Manager 6
• Clerk IV 5
• Financial Analyst 40
• Government Intern 5
• Human Resources Assistant 46
• Human Resources Generalist 19
• Human Resources Manager 24
• Management Analyst I 6
• Management Analyst II 9
• Managing Staff Accountant 13
• Office Specialist I 5
• Reimbursement Specialist 8
• Senior Financial Analyst 10
• Senior Staff Accountant 32
• Service Center Deputy Director 8
• Service Center Director 7
• Service Center HR Director 7
• Staff Accountant 41