The annual salary statistics of human resources managers in Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts is shown in Table 1. The wage information of human resources managers in Boston-Cambridge-Quincy is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2019 and published in April 2020 [1].
| Percentile Bracket | Average Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| 10th Percentile Wage | $74,090 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $96,330 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $130,500 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $169,050 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $187,030 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for human resources managers in Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $187,030. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $130,500. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $74,090.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of human resources managers from 2012 to 2017.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 5-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | $130,500 | 2.92% | 10.18% |
| 2016 | $126,690 | 8.04% | - |
| 2015 | $116,500 | 0.58% | - |
| 2014 | $115,820 | -0.06% | - |
| 2013 | $115,890 | -1.14% | - |
| 2012 | $117,210 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $130,500 in Boston-Cambridge-Quincy is in the middle of salary range for human resources managers in state of Massachusetts. In comparison, the annual salary of human resources managers in Boston-Cambridge-Quincy is 2.7 percent (2.7%) lower than that in the highest paying Framingham and 39.4 percent (39.4%) higher than that in the lowest paying Pittsfield.
| Cities/Areas | Median Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| Framingham | |
| Boston-Cambridge-Quincy | |
| Boston-Cambridge-Quincy | |
| Peabody | |
| New Bedford | |
| Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton | |
| Worcester | |
| Leominster-Fitchburg-Gardner | |
| Barnstable Town | |
| Springfield | |
| North Central Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area | |
| Taunton-Norton-Raynham | |
| Northwest Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area | |
| Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area | |
| Pittsfield |