Human Resources salary: $177K median
From 137 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range. Advertised ranges, not verified pay.
$177Kmedian advertised salary
$130K – $216Kmiddle half of roles
$178Kaverage advertised salary
137roles counted
Human Resources salary by level
Lead roles advertise a median of $250K, 41% more than senior roles ($177K). The level comes from the job title; titles without a level word are counted separately.
| Level | Median salary | Middle half | Roles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senior | $177K | $155K–$198K | 31 |
| Lead and above | $250K | $204K–$269K | 41 |
| No level in title | $138K | $109K–$178K | 64 |
Human Resources salary by location
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area | $191K | 48 |
| 🇺🇸California | $191K | 62 |
| 🇺🇸United States | $177K | 133 |
| 🇺🇸New York | $168K | 22 |
Top-paying companies
Highest-paying open Human Resources roles
All human resources jobs- Senior Director, R&D HR Business PartneringCloudflare · Hybrid$304K - $380KLeadAgile
- People LeadRiver AI Inc. · 🇺🇸Palo Alto, CA$200K - $380KLead
- Executive Director, People & Culture Business PartnerKardigan · 🇺🇸South San Francisco, California, United States$274K - $357KLead
- Senior Director, GTM People Business PartnerKong · 🇺🇸California, United States$192K - $356KRemoteLead
- Lead HR Business Partner, GTMOpenAI · 🇺🇸San Francisco$200K - $320KLead
- HR Business Partner, GTMOpenAI · 🇺🇸San Francisco$200K - $320K
- Vice President, Human Resources, People Innovation & PerformanceSharkNinja · 🇺🇸Needham, MA, United States$250K - $320KLeadAgile
- Director, Global People AnalyticsToast · 🇺🇸Remote, United States$152K - $312KRemoteLeadSnowflake
- Vice President, People Business PartnerDatadog · 🇺🇸New York, New York, USA$270K - $310KLead
- Director, HR + Legal Technology & TransformationPure Storage · 🇺🇸Santa Clara, California$253K - $309KLead
- Senior People Business PartnerRoblox · 🇺🇸San Mateo, CA, United States$271K - $304KSenior
- Senior HR Business PartnerOKX · 🇺🇸United States (US)$171K - $300KSenior
- Head of People (Senior Director)Tonal · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA$220K - $300KLead
- VP, Total Rewards and People OperationsFivetran · 🇺🇸Remote, Massachusetts, United States, AMER$239K - $299KRemoteLeaddbt
- VP, Total Rewards and People OperationsFivetran · 🇺🇸Remote, California, United States, AMER$239K - $299KRemoteLeaddbt
- Director, People Business PartnerDatadog · 🇺🇸New York, New York, USA$224K - $298KLead
- Head of PeopleSubstack · 🇺🇸San Francisco (HQ)$250K - $295KLead
- Senior Director, People PartnerKailera Therapeutics, Inc. · 🇺🇸Waltham, Massachusetts$229K - $280KLead
- People Analytics Lead - RecruitingNotion · 🇺🇸San Francisco, California$225K - $275KLeadSQLSnowflake
- People Partner, EPDNotion · 🇺🇸San Francisco, California$220K - $275K
Questions about Human Resources pay
- What is the average Human Resources salary?
- $178K a year on average and $177K at the median, across 137 open Human Resources postings at tech 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 $130K to $216K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
- Which companies advertise the highest Human Resources pay?
- Fivetran ($269K), Datadog ($261K), OpenAI ($260K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).
- 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 Human Resources roles at tech companies is $177K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $130K to $216K. Counted from 137 open job postings that state pay, November 2026. Source: Hiring Right Now, https://jobseveryhour.com/salaries/human-resources/
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