Utah / Department of Human Resource Management / Human Resources Specialist
Job-title file
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.
What the records show
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
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 figure — about the 30th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
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.
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
Human Resources Specialist is held in 2 Utah departments. In Department of Human Resource Management, the median of $100,991 ranks #1 of 2.
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
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 →
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
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Human Resources Specialist/Department of Human Resource Management
Source-specific fields
J Laycock is a Human Resources Specialist at Department of Human Resource Management within Hrm Internal Service Fund. 2019 total compensation came to $134,172.