Human Resources Specialists
SOC 13-1071 · 2024-2034
Recruit, screen, interview, or place individuals within an organization. May perform other activities in multiple human resources areas.
How the U.S. Department of Labor describes this work. Published in English only.
The job this trains for
- Typical pay in California
- $84,901per year
- Projected openings
- 97,470
- Projected change
- +10.4%
- Usually needs
- Bachelor's degree
Bright Outlook — a U.S. Department of Labor designation
Rapid Growth · Numerous Job Openings
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.
- Speaking
- Active Listening
- Reading Comprehension
- Writing
- Critical Thinking
- Social Perceptiveness
Pay by region
| Region | Typical pay in California | Projected openings |
|---|---|---|
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara MSA (San Benito and Santa Clara Counties) | $116,195 | 8,130 |
| San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City MD (San Francisco and San Mateo Counties) | $107,722 | 9,720 |
| San Rafael MD (Marin County) | $98,037 | 580 |
| Oakland-Fremont-Berkeley MD (Alameda and Contra Costa Counties) | $97,767 | 6,660 |
| Santa Cruz-Watsonville MSA (Santa Cruz County) | $82,787 | 400 |
| Vallejo MSA (Solano County) | $82,329 | 600 |
| Santa Rosa-Petaluma MSA (Sonoma County) | $81,392 | 850 |
| Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom MSA (El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento, and Yolo Counties) | $81,106 | 5,090 |
| Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine MD (Orange County) | $80,902 | 10,240 |
| San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad MSA (San Diego County) | $80,842 | 9,020 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale MD (Los Angeles County) | $80,716 | 24,550 |
| Salinas MSA (Monterey County) | $80,709 | 560 |
| Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura MSA (Ventura County) | $80,373 | 1,540 |
| Napa MSA (Napa County) | $80,118 | 320 |
| Santa Maria-Santa Barbara MSA (Santa Barbara County) | $79,324 | 830 |
| San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles MSA (San Luis Obispo County) | $77,409 | 530 |
| Hanford-Corcoran MSA (Kings County) | $76,401 | 90 |
| Bakersfield-Delano MSA (Kern County) | $76,105 | 1,160 |
| Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region (Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, Inyo, Mariposa, Mono, and Tuolumne Counties) | $76,044 | 190 |
| Merced MSA (Merced County) | $75,953 | 270 |
| Modesto MSA (Stanislaus County) | $75,953 | 770 |
| Chico MSA (Butte County) | $74,761 | 270 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario MSA (Riverside and San Bernardino Counties) | $74,751 | 7,050 |
| North Coast Region (Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, and Mendocino Counties) | $74,425 | 320 |
| Fresno MSA (Fresno and Madera Counties) | $74,323 | 1,630 |
| Stockton-Lodi MSA (San Joaquin County) | $73,518 | 960 |
| Yuba City MSA (Sutter and Yuba Counties) | $73,254 | 190 |
| Visalia MSA (Tulare County) | $73,040 | 550 |
| North Valley-Northern Mountains Region (Colusa, Glenn, Lassen, Modoc, Nevada, Plumas, Sierra, Siskiyou, Tehama, and Trinity Counties) | $72,449 | 330 |
| Redding MSA (Shasta County) | $70,992 | 250 |
| El Centro MSA (Imperial County) | $68,711 | 190 |
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 Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping | $58,953 | 11,530 | -3.5% |
| Human Resources Managers | $172,933 | 23,410 | +7.9% |
| Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs | $65,023 | 28,150 | +5.4% |
| Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists | $92,944 | 11,130 | +6.6% |
| First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers | $79,426 | 146,890 | +1.9% |
| Training and Development Managers | $158,882 | 5,810 | +9% |
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