Your Human Resource Management Salary can vary pretty dramatically based on just a few key factors. How much can your salary vary you might ask? Well, how about more than 100%. Yes that is correct, just one of the factors that you will discover in our top tip section below has the ability to literally double your income now and for the entire length of your HR career.
Does doubling your salary for the rest of your life sound like something you might want take a quick minute or two to add to your knowledge base? No, this is not hype and there isn’t even anything for sale on this entire page. It’s just the truth.
Most people think that the top tip has to be going to the right Human Resource Management classes or the best Human Resource Management college. No that’s not the number one reason. Some would say then it must be time on the Human Resource Management job or years in career. No, that’s not it either. Yes both of those (especially where you went to management school or took your management classes) will have a significant impact on your career and can add some nice dollars to your bottom line. But the top tip we will give you makes those look insignificant by comparison.
But first let’s take a look at the average Human Resource Management Salary.
We will show you the official stats for salaries and our stats that we acquire.
When averaging the Bureau of Labor and Statistics, payscale.com and Salary.com we see the average Human Resource Management Salaries across the entire country can be anywhere from $31,000 + on the low side and just over $112,000 on the high side. But here’s the challenge with that data. There are parts that have not changed since it was published in the 2008 to 2009 bracket which means that the data was likely gathered in 2007. When it was published it was reasonably accurate but that was some time ago and in a completely different economy as you well know.
We gather our data by calling on ads and calling headhunter agencies all over the country to see what employers are really paying and what requirements they are looking for. Are they looking for people coming out of Human Resource Management schools or are the grads from a college with a Human Resource Management class filling the bill. And we see if they are finding any quirks in the industry or any trends that we should know about.
Our data shows the average low Human Resource Management Salaries are coming in at just over $30,000 and that the average high’s are hitting around $102,000 for managers and as high as $174,000 for very high end management. Our data is basically live field work taken from real HR jobs that are hiring at the time of writing. We feel that by using our data and theirs you should get a pretty fair idea of what’s out there.
One question you may be asking yourself is why the huge disparity between the lowest salary in the profession and the highest salary? Well, that is precisely the topic of our top tip which we will share with you now.
Our top tip for landing the best Human Resource Management job out there is….
Just like in real estate or if you were thinking of opening a restaurant it’s all about location, location, location! Did you know that it’s entirely possible to as much as double your income just moving from one state to the next state over? It’s true!
Our tip is to think about your pay raise geographically. Sure you should think about the best Human Resource Management school and time on the job (years in your career) as well. But nothing beats location for giving you a lot more money nearly instantly.
Remember the huge difference between the lowest pay and the highest pay? Well, those were companies hiring for the exact same job but just in different states. Sounds kind of crazy but it is oh so true.
So, in your quest for your best career be sure to look at attending the best Human Resource Management classes that much is well known or there would be no Ivy league schools in the world. But also think where you want to work and you will see a huge increase in pay.
A couple of the states with the highest salaries are: Alaska, Hawaii, California (some but not all areas) and Nevada (but likely do to casino management needs).
Find a state you like that has really high pay and give it a whirl, it might just be the best thing that’s ever happened to you.