HRIS and People Analytics Specialist salary: $163K median
The median advertised HRIS and People Analytics Specialist salary is $163K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $128K to $185K: counted from 77 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range: about $78 an hour or $13,583 a month. A tenth of the postings offer $225K or more. Advertised ranges, not verified pay.
Check an offer against these figuresAll HRIS and people analytics specialist jobs
$163Kmedian advertised salary
$128K – $185Kmiddle half of roles
$160Kaverage advertised salary
77roles counted
HRIS and People Analytics Specialist salary by level
Lead roles advertise a median of $194K, 29% more than senior roles ($150K). The level comes from the job title; titles without a level word are counted separately.
| Level | Median salary | Middle half | Roles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senior | $150K | $112K–$170K | 25 |
| Lead and above | $194K | $175K–$232K | 20 |
| No level in the title | $147K | $125K–$178K | 32 |
HRIS and People Analytics Specialist salary by location
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area | $186K | 15 |
| 🇺🇸California | $178K | 21 |
| 🇺🇸United States | $156K | 69 |
| 🇺🇸New York, NY | $156K | 17 |
Skills that pay more for HRIS and People Analytics Specialist roles
| Skill | Median with it | Above the median | Postings |
|---|---|---|---|
| Snowflake | $213K | +$50K | 7 |
| Compensation | $180K | +$17K | 7 |
| Agile | $180K | +$17K | 9 |
| BigQuery | $178K | +$14K | 7 |
| SOX | $175K | +$12K | 7 |
Top-paying companies
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| Crusoe | $175K | 3 |
| Justworks | $156K | 3 |
| Culture Amp | $150K | 3 |
| Accenture Federal Services | $149K | 6 |
Highest-paying open HRIS and People Analytics Specialist roles
All HRIS and people analytics specialist jobs- Director, HR Systems, Operations & AI EnablementHasbro · 🇺🇸Boston, Massachusetts, United States$196K - $313KLead and aboveAISAP
- Director, Global People AnalyticsToast · 🇺🇸Remote, United States$152K - $312KRemoteLead and aboveSnowflakeData warehousing
- Head of People TechnologyMoloco · 🇺🇸Menlo Park, California, United States$202K - $308KLead and aboveMachine Learning
- Sr. Manager, People Technology and ServicesPlayStation Global · 🇺🇸United States, San Mateo, CA$242K - $285KSeniorAgileWorkday
- Senior HRIS Analyst (Workday)MrBeast · 🇺🇸New York, NY$200K - $278KSeniorSQLSnowflakeBigQuery
- People Analytics Lead - RecruitingNotion · 🇺🇸San Francisco, California$225K - $275KHybridLead and aboveSQLSnowflakeData modeling
- People Data LeadHudson River Trading · 🇺🇸New York, NY, United States$225K - $275KLead and abovePythonSQLLLM
- Senior People Technology Solutions LeadPlayStation Global · 🇺🇸United States, San Diego, CA$169K - $254KLead and aboveAgileRAGWorkday
- Head of People TechnologyATOMS · 🇺🇸San Francisco$200K - $250KLead and aboveWorkday
- Director, People SystemsClickHouse · NAMER and LatAm$195K - $248KRemoteLead and aboveWorkdayData qualityData governance
- Senior Manager, People TechnologySnowflake · 🇺🇸US-CA-Menlo Park$186K - $244KSeniorWorkday
- Senior Analytics Engineer, People DataAnduril Industries · 🇺🇸Boston, Massachusetts, United States; Costa Mesa, Califor…$183K - $243KSeniorPythonSQLDocker
- SAP Data Migration Lead – SuccessFactors Employee Central PayrollAccenture Federal Services · 🇺🇸Washington, DC$120K - $235KLead and aboveSAP
- People Systems EngineerNscale · AMER$150K - $230KLLMWorkday
- Director, Compensation, Benefits and HR SystemsIambic Therapeutics · 🇺🇸San Diego HQ$180K - $225KHybridLead and aboveData governanceIAMHRIS
- Sr. Director, People Systems & Data GovernanceCurrent Advisors · Remote$187K - $225KRemoteLead and above
- Director, Global HRISUnum · 🇺🇸Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA; Portland, Maine, USA; Atlant…$109K - $224KLead and aboveAgileWorkdayServiceNow
- People Analytics AI EngineerSamsara · 🇺🇸Remote - Seattle$146K - $221KRemotePythonSQLLLM
- People Systems ArchitectFastly · 🇺🇸Denver, CO; New York City, NY; San Francisco, CA$154K - $217KAgileWorkdayData quality
- Principal Workday Engineer (HRIS)Generate Biomedicines · 🇺🇸Somerville, MA$154K - $216KLead and aboveMachine LearningNetSuiteWorkday
Questions about HRIS and People Analytics Specialist pay
- What is the average HRIS and People Analytics Specialist salary?
- $160K a year on average and $163K at the median, across 77 open HRIS and People Analytics 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 $128K to $185K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
- Which companies advertise the highest HRIS and People Analytics Specialist pay?
- Crusoe ($175K), Justworks ($156K), Culture Amp ($150K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).
- Is a hris and people analytics specialist a high-paying job?
- The median HRIS and People Analytics Specialist posting advertises $163K a year, less than the median of all 55,899 job postings with pay on Jobs Every Hour ($174K). That is 6% below the middle of the market.
- How much can you earn as a hris and people analytics specialist?
- A tenth of the postings offer $225K a year or more; the highest open HRIS and People Analytics Specialist role advertises up to $313K. Pay rises with level: see the table by level.
- What is the HRIS and People Analytics Specialist salary per hour and per month?
- The median of $163K a year is about $78 an hour (2,080 working hours) and $13,583 a month before tax. The middle half of postings: $62 to $89 an hour.
- Which skills pay more for HRIS and People Analytics Specialist roles?
- Postings that ask for Snowflake (+$50K, 7 postings), Compensation (+$17K, 7 postings), Agile (+$17K, 9 postings) advertise more than the $163K median of all HRIS and People Analytics Specialist 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 HRIS and People Analytics Specialist roles at companies is $163K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $128K to $185K. Counted from 77 open job postings that state pay, November 2026. Source: Jobs Every Hour, https://jobseveryhour.com/salaries/hris/
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