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Utah / Department of Human Resource Management / Human Resources Specialist

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Human Resources Specialist

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

23 employees hold this title in Department of Human Resource Management. Median total compensation for the role is $100,991, above the department median of $82,218.

Employees
23
Total payroll
$2.2M
Role median
$100,991
Agency median
$82,218
Comparison
Above

What the records show

Role pay distribution

Pay distribution for this role

$31,863$129,433+

Hover a bar for its range; click to filter the list below.

How total compensation varies among the 23 people in this role. Even for one job title, pay differs with seniority, step, overtime, and tenure. Each bar is a pay range; the far-right bar collects the highest earners.

Compared with the local labor market

Human Resources Specialist pay vs. Utah

Across all employers in Utah, the median wage for Human Resources Specialists — about 9,900 people — is $71,750. Department of Human Resource Management pays a median base salary of $59,283 for this role, 17% below that figureabout the 30th percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Where Department of Human Resource Management sits in the local pay range

10th
25th
Median
75th
90th
$46,800
$56,450
$71,750
$95,090
$123,780
Department of Human Resource Management median · $59,283

The bar is the range of annual wages for Human Resources Specialists across every employer in Utah, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Department of Human Resource Management’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. Department of Human Resource Management’s median base salary is 22% below that national figure, about the 26th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.

10th
25th
Median
75th
90th
$47,180
$58,610
$75,940
$99,380
$128,720
Department of Human Resource Management median · $59,283

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 Utah range relative to the national one.

Computed over the 22 of 23 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 Department of Human Resource Management is $100,991, 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

This role across Utah

Human Resources Specialist is held in 2 Utah departments. In Department of Human Resource Management, the median of $100,991 ranks #1 of 2.

Highest-paying departments for this role

Median total compensation for the Human Resources Specialist role in other Utahdepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.

Compare jurisdictions

Human Resources Specialist beyond Utah

This role is reported in 14 jurisdictions. In Utah, the median of $84,938 ranks #3 of 14. See Human Resources Specialist across all of Utah

Highest-paying jurisdictions for this role

District of Columbia
$98,322 · 165
Illinois
$82,400 · 306
Minnesota
$75,621 · 385
City of Charlotte
$63,731 · 5
Texas
$58,904 · 1,145
Florida
$47,654 · 7
City of Baltimore
$45,978 · 18

Median total compensation for comparable Human Resources Specialistroles 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.

Record list

Employees with this title

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J Laycock

Human Resources Specialist/Department of Human Resource Management

2019 total comp
$134,172
Sub-department
HRM Internal Service Fund
Base pay
$85,283
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$350
Benefits
$48,539
Total compensation
$134,172

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Jennifer Wilde

Human Resources Specialist/Department of Human Resource Management

2019 total comp
$123,400
Sub-department
HRM Internal Service Fund
Base pay
$73,299
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$2,464
Benefits
$47,637
Total compensation
$123,400

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Cathy Moss

Human Resources Specialist/Department of Human Resource Management

2019 total comp
$123,105
Sub-department
HRM Internal Service Fund
Base pay
$83,450
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$350
Benefits
$39,305
Total compensation
$123,105

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Jeremy Marsh

Human Resources Specialist/Department of Human Resource Management

2019 total comp
$121,605
Sub-department
HRM Internal Service Fund
Base pay
$76,253
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$350
Benefits
$45,003
Total compensation
$121,605

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Denice Graham

Human Resources Specialist/Department of Human Resource Management

2019 total comp
$119,537
Sub-department
HRM Internal Service Fund
Base pay
$75,600
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$879
Benefits
$43,059
Total compensation
$119,537

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Angela Abbott

Human Resources Specialist/Department of Human Resource Management

2019 total comp
$118,913
Sub-department
HRM Internal Service Fund
Base pay
$72,100
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$451
Benefits
$46,363
Total compensation
$118,913

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Angela Abbott works as a Human Resources Specialist for Department of Human Resource Management within Hrm Internal Service Fund. Angela earned $118,913 in 2019.

Kimberly Diamond-Smith

Human Resources Specialist/Department of Human Resource Management

2019 total comp
$117,618
Sub-department
Comp & Excess Pool
Base pay
$70,225
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$1,809
Benefits
$45,584
Total compensation
$117,618

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Michelle Imperiale

Human Resources Specialist/Department of Human Resource Management

2019 total comp
$110,407
Sub-department
HRM Internal Service Fund
Base pay
$66,227
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$0
Benefits
$44,180
Total compensation
$110,407

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Etta Adkins

Human Resources Specialist/Department of Human Resource Management

2019 total comp
$110,071
Sub-department
HRM Internal Service Fund
Base pay
$65,458
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$800
Benefits
$43,813
Total compensation
$110,071

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Daniel Chadwick

Human Resources Specialist/Department of Human Resource Management

2019 total comp
$101,336
Sub-department
HRM Internal Service Fund
Base pay
$60,459
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$958
Benefits
$39,919
Total compensation
$101,336

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Michelle Watts

Human Resources Specialist/Department of Human Resource Management

2019 total comp
$101,088
Sub-department
HRM Internal Service Fund
Base pay
$59,465
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$57
Benefits
$41,566
Total compensation
$101,088

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Jonathan Gardner

Human Resources Specialist/Department of Human Resource Management

2019 total comp
$100,991
Sub-department
HRM Internal Service Fund
Base pay
$59,101
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$775
Benefits
$41,115
Total compensation
$100,991

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Aubrey Garduno

Human Resources Specialist/Department of Human Resource Management

2019 total comp
$100,847
Sub-department
HRM Internal Service Fund
Base pay
$58,877
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$699
Benefits
$41,271
Total compensation
$100,847

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Aubrey Garduno holds the role of Human Resources Specialist at Department of Human Resource Management within Hrm Internal Service Fund. In 2019, their total compensation was $100,847.

Christina Sweet

Human Resources Specialist/Department of Human Resource Management

2019 total comp
$97,843
Sub-department
HRM Internal Service Fund
Base pay
$56,784
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$550
Benefits
$40,508
Total compensation
$97,843

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Christina Sweet is a Human Resources Specialist at Department of Human Resource Management within Hrm Internal Service Fund. 2019 total compensation came to $97,843.

Dianne Hanson

Human Resources Specialist/Department of Human Resource Management

2019 total comp
$94,827
Sub-department
HRM Internal Service Fund
Base pay
$57,574
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$1,000
Benefits
$36,253
Total compensation
$94,827

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Christine Kilpack

Human Resources Specialist/Department of Human Resource Management

2019 total comp
$84,938
Sub-department
HRM Internal Service Fund
Base pay
$57,541
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$166
Benefits
$27,231
Total compensation
$84,938

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Paul Long

Human Resources Specialist/Department of Human Resource Management

2019 total comp
$82,057
Sub-department
HRM Internal Service Fund
Base pay
$55,099
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$400
Benefits
$26,557
Total compensation
$82,057

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Bryan Embley

Human Resources Specialist/Department of Human Resource Management

2018 total comp
$81,950
Sub-department
HRM Internal Service Fund
Base pay
$48,752
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$500
Benefits
$32,698
Total compensation
$81,950

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Timothy Evans

Human Resources Specialist/Department of Human Resource Management

2018 total comp
$74,297
Sub-department
HRM Internal Service Fund
Base pay
$47,629
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$0
Benefits
$26,669
Total compensation
$74,297

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Cathy Lewis

Human Resources Specialist/Department of Human Resource Management

2018 total comp
$70,811
Sub-department
HRM Internal Service Fund
Base pay
$46,968
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$0
Benefits
$23,843
Total compensation
$70,811

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Gregory Hargis

Human Resources Specialist/Department of Human Resource Management

2017 total comp
$57,546
Sub-department
HRM Internal Service Fund
Base pay
$34,802
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$0
Benefits
$22,744
Total compensation
$57,546

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Sharyn Dobson

Human Resources Specialist/Department of Human Resource Management

2019 total comp
$49,184
Sub-department
HRM Internal Service Fund
Base pay
$28,698
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$6,161
Benefits
$14,324
Total compensation
$49,184

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Armand Drummond

Human Resources Specialist/Department of Human Resource Management

2018 total comp
$31,863
Sub-department
Comp & Excess Pool
Base pay
$19,223
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$0
Benefits
$12,639
Total compensation
$31,863

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