# HR salary: $142,380–$199,000 a year

Every number below comes from 526 tracked live hr postings. No surveys, no self-reports — listed salaries only, in US dollars.

Measured September 2026 · n=198 US postings with salary.

## Findings

- The median hr posting offers $142,380–$199,000 a year (n=198, USD).
- 45.8% of the 526 live hr postings are remote.
- The middle half of postings (25th–75th percentile) top out between $160,000–$225,750 a year — the median alone hides how wide that spread is.
- Level 4 hr roles (building AI systems) list $165,000–$210,000, vs $140,000–$200,000 at Level 1.

## Median salary by seniority (USD / year)

| Segment | US postings with salary | Median min–max / year |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Intern | 0 | not enough data |
| Junior | 8 | $78,750–$105,000 |
| Mid-level | 41 | $120,000–$160,000 |
| Senior | 94 | $147,250–$200,000 |
| Lead | 23 | $163,200–$230,000 |

## Remote vs on-site (USD / year)

| Segment | US postings with salary | Median min–max / year |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Remote | 78 | $141,800–$195,350 |
| On-site / hybrid | 120 | $142,380–$200,000 |

## Building AI vs working around it

| Segment | US postings with salary | Median min–max / year |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Level 4 — Build AI systems | 1 | $165,000–$210,000 |
| Level 1 — Work around AI | 175 | $140,000–$200,000 |

## Companies hiring hr roles

- [Legora](https://jobsbylevel.com/companies/legora) (17)
- [Airwallex](https://jobsbylevel.com/companies/airwallex) (16)
- [Salesforce](https://jobsbylevel.com/companies/salesforce) (15)
- [Stripe](https://jobsbylevel.com/companies/stripe) (14)
- [MongoDB](https://jobsbylevel.com/companies/mongodb) (12)
- [Pigment](https://jobsbylevel.com/companies/pigment) (11)
- [Sierra](https://jobsbylevel.com/companies/sierra) (11)
- [Binance](https://jobsbylevel.com/companies/binance) (9)

## Method

US-dollar postings with both salary bounds listed. This page exists because 198 such postings clear the 50-posting floor Level requires before publishing a dedicated salary page — below that, the median moves too much between ingestion cycles to be a citable number.

Sample: hr postings at tech companies tracked by Level (526 live postings in this category on the measured date). Not the whole labor market — do not cite as a national average.

All amounts are USD per year. Every median and quartile above excludes hourly-rate postings (a listed maximum under $1,000, almost always an hourly rate, not a salary) and mid-range postings that are neither clearly hourly nor clearly annual (maximum between $1,000 and $10,000) — mixing either into an annual median would understate the real number. The middle 50% of postings top out between $160,000–$225,750 (25th–75th percentile).

Refreshed automatically; this edition is measured September 2026. Small-n slices move a lot — read the n column first.

## HR salary questions, answered from the data

**What is the median hr salary?**

Across 198 live US postings for hr roles with a listed USD salary, measured September 2026, the median offer is $142,380–$199,000 a year. This is the tracked catalog, not the whole labor market.

**How many hr roles jobs are remote?**

45.8% of the 198 live postings are marked remote by the employer, measured September 2026.

**Does the AI level of the job change the pay?**

In this sample, 1 postings are Level 4 (building AI systems) and 472 are Level 1 (AI is not the work). See the AI level breakdown below for the median in each band. Measured September 2026.

Source: https://jobsbylevel.com/salaries/hr