The highest-paying states for human resources managers (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of human resources managers in those states are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with an annual salary of $159,770, District of Columbia is the highest paying state for human resources managers. It is followed by New Jersey (average annual salary $152,300). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2020 [1]. For more salary information of human resources managers in a specific state, use the links in the table.
| Rank | State | Average Salary i | Entry Level Salary i |
# of Empl. i |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | District of Columbia | $159,770 |
$109,150 | 1,600 |
| 2 | New Jersey | $152,300 |
$92,900 | 4,220 |
| 3 | New York | $142,910 |
$83,410 | 10,980 |
| 4 | Rhode Island | $142,220 |
$87,750 | 330 |
| 5 | California | $135,090 |
$79,770 | 21,600 |
| 6 | Virginia | $133,190 |
$84,010 | 4,060 |
| 7 | Maryland | $132,260 |
$80,460 | 2,740 |
| 8 | Colorado | $131,030 |
$83,890 | 1,910 |
| 9 | Washington | $129,850 |
$86,300 | 3,380 |
| 10 | Connecticut | $129,540 |
$76,570 | 2,990 |
| 11 | Delaware | $127,920 |
$78,400 | 400 |
| 12 | Massachusetts | $126,680 |
$72,210 | 6,740 |
| 13 | Pennsylvania | $119,370 |
$75,070 | 5,450 |
| 14 | Texas | $117,920 |
$71,400 | 10,260 |
| 15 | New Hampshire | $116,700 |
$74,990 | 700 |
| 16 | Minnesota | $114,880 |
$71,640 | 4,560 |
| 17 | Wisconsin | $114,580 |
$78,890 | 2,560 |
| 18 | Ohio | $113,610 |
$68,740 | 4,330 |
| 19 | Georgia | $113,530 |
$68,670 | 5,670 |
| 20 | North Carolina | $113,410 |
$72,250 | 3,840 |
| 21 | Illinois | $109,010 |
$63,310 | 10,890 |
| 22 | Nevada | $108,830 |
$70,660 | 1,030 |
| 23 | Alaska | $107,370 |
$68,230 | 320 |
| 24 | Michigan | $105,910 |
$67,220 | 3,850 |
| 25 | Hawaii | $104,990 |
$67,780 | 600 |
| 26 | Missouri | $104,490 |
$64,020 | 2,030 |
| 27 | North Dakota | $104,210 |
$77,630 | 240 |
| 28 | Maine | $103,270 |
$69,630 | 510 |
| 29 | Arizona | $100,960 |
$61,000 | 3,000 |
| 30 | Kansas | $100,900 |
$67,520 | 1,080 |
| 31 | Oregon | $99,800 |
$57,900 | 2,390 |
| 32 | South Carolina | $99,360 |
$61,920 | 1,890 |
| 33 | Iowa | $99,280 |
$66,590 | 1,580 |
| 34 | Indiana | $98,940 |
$62,530 | 2,380 |
| 35 | West Virginia | $98,230 |
$65,290 | 400 |
| 36 | Alabama | $97,250 |
$65,730 | 1,440 |
| 37 | Nebraska | $96,820 |
$60,020 | 1,090 |
| 38 | Utah | $96,540 |
$50,970 | 1,610 |
| 39 | Florida | $96,250 |
$54,720 | 7,980 |
| 40 | New Mexico | $95,810 |
$66,370 | 440 |
| 41 | Arkansas | $94,280 |
$53,920 | 1,030 |
| 42 | Montana | $94,120 |
$66,740 | 330 |
| 43 | Wyoming | $93,530 |
$49,460 | 160 |
| 44 | Oklahoma | $93,080 |
$56,380 | 1,360 |
| 45 | Virgin Islands | $91,560 |
$51,820 | 50 |
| 46 | Kentucky | $91,420 |
$52,320 | 1,390 |
| 47 | South Dakota | $90,370 |
$67,440 | 270 |
| 48 | Vermont | $89,580 |
$55,310 | 300 |
| 49 | Tennessee | $87,520 |
$49,090 | 4,110 |
| 50 | Louisiana | $85,710 |
$54,470 | 1,570 |
| 51 | Mississippi | $84,990 |
$56,260 | 620 |
| 52 | Idaho | $83,810 |
$54,300 | 610 |
| 53 | Guam | $61,320 |
$41,130 | 100 |
| 54 | Puerto Rico | $56,040 |
$32,440 | 1,250 |