# HR salary: $117,488–$155,000 a year

Every number below comes from 2,549 tracked live hr postings. No surveys, no self-reports. Listed salaries only, in US dollars.

Measured November 2026 · n=790 US postings with salary.

## Findings

- The median hr posting offers $117,488–$155,000 a year (n=790, USD).
- 19.2% of the 2,549 live hr postings are remote.
- The middle half of postings (25th–75th percentile) top out between $118,400–$196,000 a year. The median alone hides how wide that spread is.
- Builds AI (AI Level 4) hr roles list $135,660–$135,660, vs $110,000–$150,000 at Little AI (AI Level 1).

## Median salary by seniority (USD / year)

| Segment | US postings with salary | Median min–max / year |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Intern | 19 | $121,295–$129,200 |
| Junior | 23 | $70,000–$90,000 |
| Mid-level | 335 | $70,800–$118,400 |
| Senior | 295 | $139,500–$186,500 |
| Lead | 66 | $155,200–$201,300 |

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

| Segment | US postings with salary | Median min–max / year |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Remote | 171 | $143,000–$190,000 |
| On-site / hybrid | 619 | $100,000–$135,660 |

## Building AI vs working around it

| Segment | US postings with salary | Median min–max / year |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Builds AI (AI Level 4) | 10 | $135,660–$135,660 |
| Little AI (AI Level 1) | 705 | $110,000–$150,000 |

## Companies hiring hr roles

- [Amazon](https://jobsbylevel.com/companies/amazon) (532)
- [Target](https://jobsbylevel.com/companies/target) (148)
- [Anduril Industries](https://jobsbylevel.com/companies/anduril-industries) (54)
- [PwC](https://jobsbylevel.com/companies/pwc) (50)
- [SpaceX](https://jobsbylevel.com/companies/spacex) (47)
- [Capital One](https://jobsbylevel.com/companies/capital-one) (46)
- [Airbus](https://jobsbylevel.com/companies/airbus) (38)
- [Thales](https://jobsbylevel.com/companies/thales) (33)

## Method

US-dollar postings with both salary bounds listed. This page exists because 790 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 (2,549 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 Do not cite as a national average.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 $118,400–$196,000 (25th–75th percentile).

Refreshed automatically; this edition is measured November 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 790 live US postings for hr roles with a listed USD salary, measured November 2026, the median offer is $117,488–$155,000 a year. This is the tracked catalog, not the whole labor market.

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

19.2% of the 790 live postings are marked remote by the employer, measured November 2026.

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

In this sample, 23 postings build AI and 2,350 involve little AI. See the level breakdown below for the median at each level. Measured November 2026.

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

## Cite this page

Level. https://jobsbylevel.com/salaries/hr. Measured November 2026.

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