Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2018

13-1071 Human Resources Specialists

Perform activities in the human resource area. Includes employment specialists who screen, recruit, interview, and place workers. Excludes "Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists" (13-1141) and "Training and Development Specialists" (13-1151).

National estimates for this occupation
Industry profile for this occupation
Geographic profile for this occupation

National estimates for this occupation: Top

Employment estimate and mean wage estimates for this occupation:

Employment (1)	Employment RSE (3)	Mean hourly wage	Mean annual wage (2)	Wage RSE (3)
593,790	0.5 %	$32.11	$66,790	0.2 %

Percentile wage estimates for this occupation:

Percentile	10%	25%	50% (Median)	75%	90%
Hourly Wage	$17.44	$22.34	$29.27	$38.52	$50.19
Annual Wage (2)	$36,270	$46,460	$60,880	$80,120	$104,390

Industry profile for this occupation: Top

Industries with the highest published employment and wages for this occupation are provided. For a list of all industries with employment in this occupation, see the Create Customized Tables function.

Industries with the highest levels of employment in this occupation:

Industry	Employment (1)	Percent of industry employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Employment Services	97,490	2.66	$30.40	$63,230
Management of Companies and Enterprises	45,790	1.93	$33.76	$70,220
Federal Executive Branch (OES Designation)	27,360	1.36	$41.79	$86,920
Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services	25,360	1.76	$35.86	$74,600
Computer Systems Design and Related Services	22,620	1.08	$35.57	$73,980

Industries with the highest concentration of employment in this occupation:

Industry	Employment (1)	Percent of industry employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Employment Services	97,490	2.66	$30.40	$63,230
Office Administrative Services	10,250	2.06	$31.51	$65,530
Management of Companies and Enterprises	45,790	1.93	$33.76	$70,220
Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services	25,360	1.76	$35.86	$74,600
Federal Executive Branch (OES Designation)	27,360	1.36	$41.79	$86,920

Top paying industries for this occupation:

Industry	Employment (1)	Percent of industry employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Pipeline Transportation of Crude Oil	(8)	(8)	$46.11	$95,910
Securities, Commodity Contracts, and Other Financial Investments and Related Activities	4,340	0.47	$42.10	$87,560
Software Publishers	3,710	0.94	$41.93	$87,210
Federal Executive Branch (OES Designation)	27,360	1.36	$41.79	$86,920
Aerospace Product and Parts Manufacturing	2,660	0.55	$41.19	$85,670

Geographic profile for this occupation: Top

States and areas with the highest published employment, location quotients, and wages for this occupation are provided. For a list of all areas with employment in this occupation, see the Create Customized Tables function.

States with the highest employment level in this occupation:

State	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
California	64,980	3.82	0.93	$36.06	$75,010
Texas	47,880	3.95	0.96	$32.30	$67,190
New York	41,300	4.40	1.07	$36.37	$75,650
Florida	35,350	4.11	1.00	$28.17	$58,600
Illinois	24,540	4.10	1.00	$30.00	$62,410

States with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in this occupation:

State	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
District of Columbia	7,270	10.21	2.49	$45.13	$93,880
Virginia	20,710	5.40	1.32	$36.11	$75,120
Washington	17,250	5.29	1.29	$34.79	$72,370
Wisconsin	14,150	4.97	1.21	$29.42	$61,180
Delaware	2,210	4.93	1.20	$32.46	$67,530

Top paying States for this occupation:

State	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
District of Columbia	7,270	10.21	2.49	$45.13	$93,880
Maryland	12,710	4.74	1.15	$36.81	$76,560
Massachusetts	17,130	4.80	1.17	$36.39	$75,700
New York	41,300	4.40	1.07	$36.37	$75,650
New Jersey	17,510	4.32	1.05	$36.23	$75,360

Metropolitan areas with the highest employment level in this occupation:

Metropolitan area	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA	44,190	4.65	1.13	$37.80	$78,630
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	24,100	3.94	0.96	$35.18	$73,180
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	22,720	7.25	1.77	$41.71	$86,750
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI	20,000	4.31	1.05	$30.21	$62,830
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	15,710	4.40	1.07	$33.24	$69,150
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	15,270	5.69	1.39	$30.31	$63,030
Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH	14,400	5.22	1.27	$37.51	$78,010
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	13,920	4.89	1.19	$34.93	$72,650
San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA	12,800	5.29	1.29	$41.94	$87,240
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX	12,380	4.15	1.01	$33.89	$70,480