Human Resources Managers
SOC 11-3121 · 2024-2034
Plan, direct, or coordinate human resources activities and staff of an organization.
How the U.S. Department of Labor describes this work. Published in English only.
The job this trains for
- Typical pay in California
- $172,933per year
- Projected openings
- 23,410
- Projected change
- +7.9%
- Usually needs
- Bachelor's degree
Bright Outlook — a U.S. Department of Labor designation
Rapid Growth
The Department's own designation, made from its national projections. It is not this project's assessment and it is not California's: every other figure on this page comes from California's projection, which can point the other way and for some occupations does.
Skills this work uses most
O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, rates how important each of these is to this work, and they are listed in that order, most important first. The ratings themselves are not shown, because the data carries the number without the scale it was measured on. The names are as published, in English.
- Active Listening
- Management of Personnel Resources
- Reading Comprehension
- Speaking
- Writing
- Coordination
Pay by region
| Region | Typical pay in California | Projected openings |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City MD (San Francisco and San Mateo Counties) | $216,621 | 2,930 |
| Oakland-Fremont-Berkeley MD (Alameda and Contra Costa Counties) | $198,508 | 1,770 |
| San Rafael MD (Marin County) | $188,630 | 160 |
| Santa Cruz-Watsonville MSA (Santa Cruz County) | $167,845 | 120 |
| San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad MSA (San Diego County) | $166,246 | 2,090 |
| Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura MSA (Ventura County) | $165,258 | 330 |
| Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine MD (Orange County) | $165,097 | 2,300 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale MD (Los Angeles County) | $164,839 | 5,400 |
| Napa MSA (Napa County) | $159,860 | 110 |
| Merced MSA (Merced County) | $159,330 | 60 |
| Modesto MSA (Stanislaus County) | $159,330 | 160 |
| Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom MSA (El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento, and Yolo Counties) | $158,271 | 1,100 |
| Vallejo MSA (Solano County) | $158,006 | 90 |
| Santa Rosa-Petaluma MSA (Sonoma County) | $157,833 | 200 |
| Santa Maria-Santa Barbara MSA (Santa Barbara County) | $153,728 | 210 |
| Salinas MSA (Monterey County) | $151,213 | 120 |
| Visalia MSA (Tulare County) | $150,856 | 110 |
| Stockton-Lodi MSA (San Joaquin County) | $139,347 | 210 |
| Fresno MSA (Fresno and Madera Counties) | $138,155 | 350 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario MSA (Riverside and San Bernardino Counties) | $137,493 | 1,290 |
| Chico MSA (Butte County) | $137,452 | 40 |
| El Centro MSA (Imperial County) | $136,301 | 40 |
| Hanford-Corcoran MSA (Kings County) | $136,036 | 30 |
| Bakersfield-Delano MSA (Kern County) | $133,928 | 200 |
| Redding MSA (Shasta County) | $133,653 | 60 |
| Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region (Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, Inyo, Mariposa, Mono, and Tuolumne Counties) | $130,669 | 40 |
| North Coast Region (Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, and Mendocino Counties) | $129,905 | 60 |
| San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles MSA (San Luis Obispo County) | $128,835 | 90 |
| North Valley-Northern Mountains Region (Colusa, Glenn, Lassen, Modoc, Nevada, Plumas, Sierra, Siskiyou, Tehama, and Trinity Counties) | $123,488 | 70 |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara MSA (San Benito and Santa Clara Counties) | Not reported | 2,180 |
| Yuba City MSA (Sutter and Yuba Counties) | Not reported | 30 |
Similar work
O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, names these as occupations involving work similar to this one — its own reading of the job, not a grouping by code. They keep O*NET's order, and only those California publishes a projection for are shown.
| The job this trains for | Typical pay in California | Projected openings | Projected change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Human Resources Specialists | $84,901 | 97,470 | +10.4% |
| Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping | $58,953 | 11,530 | -3.5% |
| Management Analysts | $103,162 | 154,880 | +11.5% |
| Training and Development Managers | $158,882 | 5,810 | +9% |
| Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists | $92,944 | 11,130 | +6.6% |
| Labor Relations Specialists | $107,585 | 6,740 | -2.2% |
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