Minnesota / Human Resources Specialist

Role across Minnesota

Human Resources Specialist

Coordinate and deliver a specific program area, supporting planning, outreach, and daily operations.

385 people hold the Human Resources Specialist role across 33 departments in Minnesota, with a median total compensation of $75,621. Among 14 jurisdictions where this role is reported, Minnesota ranks #5 by median pay.

Employees: 385
Median pay: $75,621
Departments: 33
Cross-jurisdiction: #5 of 14

Compared with the local labor market

Human Resources Specialist pay vs. Minnesota

Across all employers in Minnesota, the median wage for Human Resources Specialists — about 17,240 people — is $78,760. Minnesota pays a median base salary of $76,244 for this role, 3% below that figure — about the 46th percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Where Minnesota sits in the local pay range

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$50,330

$61,860

$78,760

$100,930

$127,060

Minnesota median · $76,244

The bar is the range of annual wages for Human Resources Specialists across every employer in Minnesota, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Minnesota’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. Minnesota’s median base salary is in line withthat national figure, about the 50th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$47,180

$58,610

$75,940

$99,380

$128,720

Minnesota median · $76,244

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 Minnesota range relative to the national one.

Computed over the 339 of 385 people in this role paid at least $25,000in 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 Minnesota is $75,621, 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

Human Resources Specialist pay in other jurisdictions

Where Human Resources Specialists are paid most

District of Columbia

$98,322 · 165

Chicago Public Schools

$86,470 · 6

$84,938 · 31

$82,400 · 306

$63,731 · 5

$58,904 · 1,145

$47,654 · 7

$45,978 · 18

$42,795 · 166

$33,935 · 35

New York Public Authorities

$31,124 · 49

Cook County, Illinois

$19,513 · 6

City of Pittsburgh

$7,776 · 8

Median total compensation for comparable Human Resources Specialistroles 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.

Within Minnesota