Employee Relations Specialist salary: $168K median
The median advertised Employee Relations Specialist salary is $168K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $120K to $188K: counted from 28 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range: about $81 an hour or $13,958 a month. A tenth of the postings offer $214K or more. Advertised ranges, not verified pay.
Check an offer against these figuresAll employee relations specialist jobs
$168Kmedian advertised salary
$120K – $188Kmiddle half of roles
$155Kaverage advertised salary
28roles counted
Top-paying companies
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| CHAOS Industries | $188K | 3 |
Highest-paying open Employee Relations Specialist roles
All employee relations specialist jobs- Employee Relations ManagerNscale · 🇺🇸New York; San Francisco; Seattle$150K - $260K
- Employee Relations DirectorArcher · 🇺🇸San Jose, California, United States$204K - $256KLead and aboveSHRM certificationPerformance managementHRIS
- Senior Manager, Employee Relations & PerformanceToast · 🇺🇸Remote - US$125K - $254KRemoteSeniorPerformance managementEmployee relationsEmployment law
- Employee Relations Business PartnerHarvey · 🇺🇸New York$165K - $248KHybridPerformance managementEmployee relations
- Senior Employee Relations PartnerLambda · 🇺🇸San Francisco Office (Second St)$215K - $245KHybridSeniorMachine LearningSHRM certificationEmployee relations
- Employee Relations InvestigatorCHAOS Industries · 🇺🇸San Francisco, California, United States$190K - $238K
- Senior Manager, Employee RelationsRelativity Space · 🇺🇸Long Beach, California, United States$150K - $226KSenior
- Employee Relations Partner & HR for HRRubrik · 🇺🇸United States$134K - $223KEmployee relations
- Employee Relations Manager – Battery Pack AssemblySustainable Talent · 🇺🇸Jeffersonville, IN$116K - $218K
- Employee Relations LeadFormenergy · 🇺🇸Weirton, WV$148K - $213KHybridLead and above
- Employee Relations InvestigatorCHAOS Industries · 🇺🇸El Segundo, California, United States$167K - $209K
- Employee Relations & Compliance ManagerOkta · 🇺🇸San Francisco, California$132K - $204KMachine LearningPerformance managementEmployee relations
- Senior Employee Relations Business PartnerZoox · 🇺🇸Foster City, CA$169K - $203KSeniorPerformance managementEmployee relationsRisk management
- Global People Compliance & ER PartnerApplied · 🇺🇸Sunnyvale$150K - $200KHRISEmployee relationsEmployment law
- Senior Employee Relations Business PartnerPsiQuantum · 🇺🇸Milpitas, California; Palo Alto, California$140K - $165KSeniorPerformance managementEmployee relationsLitigation
- Employee Relations ManagerLG Electronics · 🇺🇸Englewood Cliffs, NJ$115K - $160KAuditPerformance managementEmployee relations
- Employee Relations ManagerRenaissance Learning North America · 🇺🇸Remote - US$110K - $151KRemotePerformance managementEmployee relationsEmployment law
- Employee Relations PartnerRelativity Space · 🇺🇸Long Beach, California, United States$100K - $150K
- Employee Relations LeadCLEAR - Corporate · 🇺🇸New York, New York, United States$100K - $140KLead and above
- Human Resources Generalist, Labor & Employee RelationsForbes · 🇺🇸Jersey City, NJ$130K - $140K
Questions about Employee Relations Specialist pay
- What is the average Employee Relations Specialist salary?
- $155K a year on average and $168K at the median, across 28 open Employee Relations Specialist postings at companies that state pay (November 2026). The median is the better guide: a few very high offers pull the average up.
- What is the typical range?
- The middle half of the postings offer $120K to $188K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
- Which companies advertise the highest Employee Relations Specialist pay?
- CHAOS Industries ($188K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).
- Is an employee relations specialist a high-paying job?
- The median Employee Relations Specialist posting advertises $168K a year, less than the median of all 55,899 job postings with pay on Jobs Every Hour ($174K). That is 4% below the middle of the market.
- How much can you earn as an employee relations specialist?
- A tenth of the postings offer $214K a year or more; the highest open Employee Relations Specialist role advertises up to $260K. Pay rises with level: see the table by level.
- What is the Employee Relations Specialist salary per hour and per month?
- The median of $168K a year is about $81 an hour (2,080 working hours) and $13,958 a month before tax. The middle half of postings: $58 to $90 an hour.
- Where do these figures come from?
- From the pay ranges employers print in their own job postings, read from their careers pages every hour. The midpoint of each range is counted. These are advertised ranges for open roles, mostly in the United States and in US dollars, not what people are actually paid.
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The median advertised salary for Employee Relations Specialist roles at companies is $168K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $120K to $188K. Counted from 28 open job postings that state pay, November 2026. Source: Jobs Every Hour, https://jobseveryhour.com/salaries/employee-relations/
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