HR Director and HR Manager salary: $226K median
The median advertised HR Director and HR Manager salary is $226K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $188K to $260K: counted from 90 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range: about $108 an hour or $18,792 a month. A tenth of the postings offer $295K or more. Advertised ranges, not verified pay.
Check an offer against these figuresAll HR director and HR manager jobs
$226Kmedian advertised salary
$188K – $260Kmiddle half of roles
$226Kaverage advertised salary
90roles counted
HR Director and HR Manager salary by location
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area | $255K | 28 |
| 🇺🇸California | $244K | 38 |
| 🇺🇸United States | $226K | 84 |
Skills that pay more for HR Director and HR Manager roles
| Skill | Median with it | Above the median | Postings |
|---|---|---|---|
| Change management | $255K | +$29K | 18 |
| Performance management | $254K | +$29K | 21 |
| Workforce planning | $245K | +$20K | 25 |
| Employee relations | $235K | +$10K | 24 |
| Compensation | $227K | +$1K | 10 |
Top-paying companies
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| Launch Potato | $180K | 3 |
Highest-paying open HR Director and HR Manager roles
All HR director and HR manager jobs- Head of PeopleExa · 🇺🇸San Francisco, California$250K - $450KLead and above
- Head of PeoplePeriodic Labs · 🇺🇸Menlo Park, CA$350K - $450KLead and above
- Senior Director/ VP, People OperationsVerkada · 🇺🇸San Mateo, CA United States$280K - $420KLead and aboveWorkday
- Senior Director, People Experience (Americas)PlayStation Global · 🇺🇸United States, San Mateo, CA$274K - $410KLead and aboveWorkday
- People LeadRiver AI Inc. · 🇺🇸Palo Alto, CA$200K - $380KLead and abovePayrollCartaHRIS
- VP of PeopleGc Ai · 🇺🇸San Mateo, California$265K - $365KHybridLead and aboveLLM
- Executive Director, People & Culture Business PartnerKardigan · 🇺🇸South San Francisco, California, United States$274K - $357KLead and abovePerformance managementWorkforce planningEmployee relations
- Head of PeopleLeandata · 🇺🇸Santa Clara$250K - $350KHybridLead and above
- VP, Human ResourcesKiniksa Pharmaceuticals · 🇺🇸Lexington, MA$310K - $345KLead and aboveObjective-C
- Executive Director, People Business PartnershipAcadia Pharmaceuticals Inc. · 🇺🇸Princeton, New Jersey, United States; San Diego, Californ…$261K - $326KLead and above
- Vice President, Human Resources, People Innovation & PerformanceSharkNinja · 🇺🇸Needham, MA, United States$250K - $320KLead and aboveAgilePerformance managementWorkforce planning
- Vice President, Human ResourcesFlagship Pioneering, Inc. · 🇺🇸Cambridge, MA USA$270K - $320KLead and above
- Director, People Partners - Product, Design & EngineeringFigma · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA; San Francisco, CA • United States$235K - $317KLead and aboveWorkforce planningChange management
- Director, HR Systems, Operations & AI EnablementHasbro · 🇺🇸Boston, Massachusetts, United States$196K - $313KLead and aboveAISAP
- Director, People M&ADatabricks · 🇺🇸San Francisco, California$180K - $310KLead and aboveM&AWorkforce planning
- Vice President, People Business PartnerDatadog · 🇺🇸New York, New York, USA$270K - $310KLead and abovePerformance managementWorkforce planningEmployee relations
- Director, HR + Legal Technology & TransformationPure Storage · 🇺🇸Santa Clara, California$253K - $309KLead and aboveData qualityData governanceHRIS
- Head of People TechnologyMoloco · 🇺🇸Menlo Park, California, United States$202K - $308KLead and aboveMachine Learning
- Associate Director, HR Transformation & EnablementAccenture Federal Services · 🇺🇸Arlington, VA$151K - $302KLead and above
- Head of People (Senior Director)Tonal · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA$220K - $300KHybridLead and abovePerformance managementHRISWorkforce planning
Questions about HR Director and HR Manager pay
- What is the average HR Director and HR Manager salary?
- $226K a year on average and $226K at the median, across 90 open HR Director and HR Manager 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 $188K to $260K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
- Which companies advertise the highest HR Director and HR Manager pay?
- Launch Potato ($180K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).
- Is a hr director and hr manager a high-paying job?
- The median HR Director and HR Manager posting advertises $226K a year, more than the median of all 55,899 job postings with pay on Jobs Every Hour ($174K). That is 30% above the middle of the market.
- How much can you earn as a hr director and hr manager?
- A tenth of the postings offer $295K a year or more; the highest open HR Director and HR Manager role advertises up to $450K. Pay rises with level: see the table by level.
- What is the HR Director and HR Manager salary per hour and per month?
- The median of $226K a year is about $108 an hour (2,080 working hours) and $18,792 a month before tax. The middle half of postings: $90 to $125 an hour.
- Which skills pay more for HR Director and HR Manager roles?
- Postings that ask for Change management (+$29K, 18 postings), Performance management (+$29K, 21 postings), Workforce planning (+$20K, 25 postings) advertise more than the $226K median of all HR Director and HR Manager postings with pay.
- 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 HR Director and HR Manager roles at companies is $226K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $188K to $260K. Counted from 90 open job postings that state pay, November 2026. Source: Jobs Every Hour, https://jobseveryhour.com/salaries/hr-director/
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