Occupational employment / Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other

Twice a year, the Bureau of Labor Statistics compiles occupational employment and wage estimates by surveying employers nationwide. Current data was released May 1, 2009.

Estimates for "Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other" are below, ordered by total employment.

Area Total employment Mean hourly wage Mean annual wage
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV 11,120 $38.12 $79,290
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA 14,620 $29.37 $61,100
New York-White Plains-Wayne, NY-NJ Metropolitan Division 9,560 $29.04 $60,400
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Division 9,550 $38.47 $80,030
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA Metropolitan Division 7,650 $30.99 $64,460
Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL Metropolitan Division 6,670 $26.47 $55,050
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA 5,020 $32.02 $66,590
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA 5,020 $37.59 $78,190
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI 4,980 $31.14 $64,780
Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA Metropolitan Division 4,420 $31.94 $66,440
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD 4,330 $32.35 $67,290
Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI 4,200 $28.65 $59,590
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Miami Beach, FL 4,170 $28.26 $58,790
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX 3,890 $30.60 $63,650
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH 3,790 $30.77 $64,000
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA 3,750 $26.79 $55,730
Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX Metropolitan Division 3,330 $30.76 $63,980
Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH 3,200 $23.55 $48,990
Philadelphia, PA Metropolitan Division 3,050 $33.14 $68,930
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA 2,990 $31.20 $64,890
Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN 2,790 $23.80 $49,500
Columbus, OH 2,700 $25.80 $53,670
Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA 2,680 $28.94 $60,200
Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, CA Metropolitan Division 2,550 $36.06 $75,010
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA NECTA Division 2,500 $32.30 $67,180
San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, CA Metropolitan Division 2,470 $39.17 $81,470
Baltimore-Towson, MD 2,470 $31.48 $65,470
Pittsburgh, PA 2,420 $18.95 $39,420
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI 2,410 $20.46 $42,550
Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, MI Metropolitan Division 2,380 $27.82 $57,860
Orlando-Kissimmee, FL 2,320 $26.41 $54,930
St. Louis, MO-IL 2,250 $26.05 $54,190
Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA 2,150 $31.01 $64,500
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 2,130 $37.37 $77,720
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL 2,090 $25.79 $53,650
San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo, PR 2,000 $17.22 $35,810
Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, FL Metropolitan Division 1,930 $30.12 $62,640
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ 1,900 $24.84 $51,670
Denver-Aurora, CO 1,900 $32.82 $68,270
Edison, NJ Metropolitan Division 1,860 $31.67 $65,870
Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, MI Metropolitan Division 1,820 $29.74 $61,850
Richmond, VA 1,790 $29.44 $61,230
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX 1,740 $30.59 $63,630
Nassau-Suffolk, NY Metropolitan Division 1,730 $25.02 $52,050
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA 1,720 $34.57 $71,910
Bethesda-Gaithersburg-Frederick, MD Metropolitan Division 1,570 $35.96 $74,790
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC 1,470 $28.67 $59,630
Newark-Union, NJ-PA Metropolitan Division 1,470 $33.79 $70,280
Kansas City, MO-KS 1,440 $29.93 $62,260
San Antonio, TX 1,400 $30.52 $63,490
Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, FL Metropolitan Division 1,310 $26.27 $54,650
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY 1,280 $27.66 $57,540
Indianapolis-Carmel, IN 1,250 $27.36 $56,920
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY 1,150 $21.22 $44,130
Providence-Fall River-Warwick, RI-MA 1,130 $22.87 $47,570
Toledo, OH 1,120 $21.50 $44,730
Madison, WI 1,050 $22.26 $46,300
Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN 1,040 $27.50 $57,210
Dayton, OH 1,040 $27.03 $56,230
Birmingham-Hoover, AL 1,030 $24.40 $50,740
Jacksonville, FL 1,000 $26.00 $54,090
Austin-Round Rock, TX 980 $30.50 $63,450
West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, FL Metropolitan Division 930 $27.23 $56,630
Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI 930 $21.18 $44,060
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT 870 $33.82 $70,350
Camden, NJ Metropolitan Division 840 $30.45 $63,330
Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC 800 $26.79 $55,720
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro, TN 790 $27.74 $57,690
Las Vegas-Paradise, NV 780 $25.90 $53,870
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA 760 $27.60 $57,420
Greensboro-High Point, NC 750 $25.69 $53,430
Salt Lake City, UT 740 $26.98 $56,120
Rochester, NY 740 $28.57 $59,430
Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA 710 $17.39 $36,170
Oklahoma City, OK 700 $22.46 $46,720
Memphis, TN-MS-AR 690 $30.32 $63,060
Akron, OH 690 $22.01 $45,780
Albuquerque, NM 680 $28.79 $59,880
New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA 650 $26.09 $54,270
Olympia, WA 620 $27.60 $57,410
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA 610 $26.90 $55,950
Tacoma, WA Metropolitan Division 600 $32.57 $67,740
Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA 560 $21.83 $45,400
Huntsville, AL 560 $32.03 $66,630
Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metropolitan Division 560 $29.65 $61,670
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL 540 $25.83 $53,730
Syracuse, NY 520 $22.57 $46,950
Tallahassee, FL 510 $27.89 $58,010
Lake County-Kenosha County, IL-WI Metropolitan Division 490 $27.81 $57,840
Honolulu, HI 480 $29.05 $60,430
Appleton, WI 470 $15.17 $31,550
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT 470 $33.98 $70,680
Salem, OR 470 $27.74 $57,700
Ann Arbor, MI 470 $27.29 $56,770
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ 460 $29.03 $60,380
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA 450 $24.33 $50,610
Wilmington, DE-MD-NJ Metropolitan Division 440 $30.50 $63,430
Lexington-Fayette, KY 440 $24.68 $51,330
Springfield, IL 430 $22.23 $46,240
Green Bay, WI 430 $16.02 $33,320
Raleigh-Cary, NC 430 $29.12 $60,570
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI 420 $16.69 $34,710
Eugene-Springfield, OR 410 $23.85 $49,600
Colorado Springs, CO 400 $27.55 $57,300
Canton-Massillon, OH 390 $18.46 $38,390
Fresno, CA 390 $30.06 $62,520
Durham, NC 380 $33.10 $68,840
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL 380 $26.67 $55,480
Trenton-Ewing, NJ 380 $29.52 $61,390
Springfield, MA-CT 380 $31.30 $65,110
Tucson, AZ 370 $25.64 $53,340
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA 360 $31.69 $65,920
York-Hanover, PA 360 $26.08 $54,250
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI 350 $23.27 $48,400
Bradenton-Sarasota-Venice, FL 350 $23.78 $49,470
Wichita, KS 340 $27.39 $56,970
Knoxville, TN 330 $26.91 $55,980
Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY 320 $26.23 $54,550
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL 320 $25.79 $53,650
Spokane, WA 320 $27.27 $56,730
Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR 310 $26.21 $54,510
Bakersfield, CA 310 $27.45 $57,090
Columbia, SC 310 $25.48 $52,990
Boise City-Nampa, ID 300 $26.10 $54,280
Rockford, IL 300 $19.71 $41,010
Montgomery, AL 300 $24.42 $50,780
Cedar Rapids, IA 300 $22.99 $47,820
Ogden-Clearfield, UT 300 $28.26 $58,780
Framingham, MA NECTA Division 290 $32.66 $67,940
Baton Rouge, LA 290 $24.50 $50,960
Stockton, CA 280 $27.59 $57,390
Wausau, WI 280 $17.50 $36,410
Greenville, SC 280 $23.48 $48,840
Kennewick-Richland-Pasco, WA 280 $31.61 $65,750
Charleston-North Charleston, SC 270 $25.19 $52,400
Charleston, WV 270 $27.03 $56,230
Eau Claire, WI 270 $21.86 $45,480
Bremerton-Silverdale, WA 270 $33.24 $69,130
Nashua, NH-MA NECTA Division 260 $25.34 $52,710
Tulsa, OK 250 $22.89 $47,600
Roanoke, VA 250 $24.43 $50,810
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL 240 $23.39 $48,660
New Haven, CT 240 $27.99 $58,220
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA 240 $34.15 $71,030
Worcester, MA-CT 240 $29.38 $61,100
Decatur, IL 240 $31.62 $65,770
Fort Wayne, IN 230 $21.46 $44,640
Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna, WV-OH 230 $30.12 $62,640
Anchorage, AK 230 $30.34 $63,120
Warner Robins, GA 230 $29.18 $60,690
Charlottesville, VA 230 $27.61 $57,420
Vallejo-Fairfield, CA 220 $40.48 $84,190
Lancaster, PA 220 $24.68 $51,320
Flint, MI 220 $18.57 $38,640
Topeka, KS 220 $26.15 $54,390
Santa Barbara-Santa Maria, CA 220 $30.13 $62,670
Duluth, MN-WI 220 $24.08 $50,100
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO 210 $26.77 $55,690
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI 210 $27.57 $57,350
Gainesville, FL 210 $26.15 $54,390
Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton, MA NECTA Division 210 $18.92 $39,350
Lincoln, NE 210 $27.31 $56,810
Modesto, CA 200 $25.87 $53,800
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH 200 $21.96 $45,690
Saginaw-Saginaw Township North, MI 200 $27.40 $56,990
Wheeling, WV-OH 200 $20.94 $43,560
Winston-Salem, NC 200 $25.81 $53,680
Johnstown, PA 200 $17.51 $36,410
Mobile, AL 200 $22.90 $47,640
Chattanooga, TN-GA 190 $25.77 $53,610
Burlington-South Burlington, VT 190 $30.68 $63,810
Erie, PA 190 $27.51 $57,230
Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, ME 190 $24.81 $51,600
Evansville, IN-KY 190 $24.71 $51,400
Lakeland, FL 190 $25.44 $52,920
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC 190 $27.47 $57,140
Reading, PA 180 $14.77 $30,720
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS 180 $32.52 $67,630
Fayetteville, NC 180 $30.06 $62,520
Santa Fe, NM 180 $21.33 $44,360
Champaign-Urbana, IL 180 $24.72 $51,420
El Paso, TX 180 $27.04 $56,250
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH 180 $16.47 $34,260
Holland-Grand Haven, MI 170 $23.51 $48,890
Mansfield, OH 170 $24.81 $51,610
Springfield, MO 170 $24.13 $50,190
Lima, OH 170 $23.93 $49,780
Salinas, CA 170 $28.22 $58,690
Fort Walton Beach-Crestview-Destin, FL 170 $28.90 $60,120
Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, MA-NH NECTA Division 170 $35.64 $74,130
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL 170 $24.63 $51,230
Dover, DE 170 $26.30 $54,710
Yakima, WA 160 $24.24 $50,430
Reno-Sparks, NV 160 $27.92 $58,080
Fond du Lac, WI 160 $18.16 $37,780
St. Cloud, MN 160 $25.25 $52,530
Racine, WI 160 $16.24 $33,780
Utica-Rome, NY 160 $22.33 $46,450
Boulder, CO 160 $35.88 $74,630
Columbus, GA-AL 160 $27.70 $57,620
Rochester, MN 160 $31.08 $64,650
Elizabethtown, KY 150 $27.09 $56,350
Sheboygan, WI 150 $14.20 $29,540
Kokomo, IN 150 $18.24 $37,940
Bellingham, WA 150 $23.97 $49,850
Peoria, IL 150 $29.06 $60,450
Medford, OR 150 $24.69 $51,350
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV 140 $27.69 $57,600
La Crosse, WI-MN 140 $16.67 $34,670
Port St. Lucie-Fort Pierce, FL 140 $23.49 $48,850
Jefferson City, MO 140 $22.69 $47,200
Manchester, NH 140 $26.33 $54,760
Provo-Orem, UT 140 $23.24 $48,340
Morgantown, WV 140 $24.32 $50,580
Asheville, NC 130 $29.36 $61,070
Atlantic City, NJ 130 $25.38 $52,800
Jackson, MS 130 $31.04 $64,560
Norwich-New London, CT-RI 130 $27.09 $56,340
Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, TX 130 $26.83 $55,800
Ocala, FL 130 $23.91 $49,740
Iowa City, IA 130 $24.44 $50,840
Barnstable Town, MA 130 $26.27 $54,640
Lafayette, LA 120 $23.99 $49,910
Battle Creek, MI 120 $25.56 $53,160
Portsmouth, NH-ME 120 $29.50 $61,360
Fargo, ND-MN 120 $25.42 $52,870
Danville, IL 120 $14.94 $31,070
Binghamton, NY 120 $21.54 $44,790
Longview, WA 110 $27.63 $57,480
Naples-Marco Island, FL 110 $25.74 $53,540
Sandusky, OH 110 $21.60 $44,940
Springfield, OH 110 $13.55 $28,180
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA 110 $25.00 $52,010
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA 110 $25.84 $53,750
Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA 110 $24.36 $50,660
Peabody, MA NECTA Division 110 $30.46 $63,350
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA 100 $22.27 $46,320
Rochester-Dover, NH-ME 100 $25.00 $51,990
Redding, CA 100 $25.97 $54,010
Niles-Benton Harbor, MI 100 $23.86 $49,630
Panama City-Lynn Haven, FL 100 $24.75 $51,490
Visalia-Porterville, CA 100 $26.16 $54,410
Dubuque, IA 100 $17.99 $37,420
Spartanburg, SC 100 $23.44 $48,760
Bend, OR 100 $29.78 $61,940
Altoona, PA 100 $26.87 $55,890
State College, PA 100 $15.17 $31,560
Terre Haute, IN 100 $26.20 $54,500
Billings, MT 100 $26.77 $55,680
New Bedford, MA 100 $24.97 $51,940
Bloomington-Normal, IL 90 $35.03 $72,850
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL 90 $27.24 $56,660
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA 90 $28.34 $58,950
Bloomington, IN 90 $21.75 $45,230
Bismarck, ND 90 $25.75 $53,560
Taunton-Norton-Raynham, MA NECTA Division 90 $28.04 $58,320
Jacksonville, NC 90 $28.13 $58,510
Lynchburg, VA 90 $25.46 $52,960
Ponce, PR 90 $17.17 $35,700
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO 90 $33.25 $69,150
Lafayette, IN 90 $17.08 $35,530
Lawrence-Methuen-Salem, MA-NH NECTA Division 80 $21.45 $44,620
Janesville, WI 80 $14.47 $30,100
Florence, SC 80 $32.06 $66,690
Corpus Christi, TX 80 $27.46 $57,110
Winchester, VA-WV 80 $29.20 $60,730
Wilmington, NC 80 $26.80 $55,740
Bowling Green, KY 80 $22.90 $47,640
Jackson, MI 80 $24.17 $50,260
Columbia, MO 80 $23.92 $49,740
Macon, GA 80 $26.14 $54,370
Savannah, GA 80 $25.31 $52,640
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD 80 $27.39 $56,970
Columbus, IN 80 $25.35 $52,720
Fairbanks, AK 80 $24.42 $50,790
Tuscaloosa, AL 80 $27.33 $56,850
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA 80 $31.64 $65,800
Pueblo, CO 80 $25.89 $53,860
Owensboro, KY 70 $16.20 $33,690
Elkhart-Goshen, IN 70 $21.94 $45,640
Haverhill-North Andover-Amesbury, MA-NH NECTA Division 70 $26.64 $55,410
Greeley, CO 70 $27.15 $56,470
Harrisonburg, VA 70 $24.12 $50,170
Joplin, MO 70 $22.33 $46,450
Cheyenne, WY 70 $27.57 $57,340
Elmira, NY 70 Not available Not available
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX 70 $21.79 $45,320
Clarksville, TN-KY 70 $27.56 $57,330
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX 60 $25.90 $53,880
Midland, TX 60 $24.70 $51,370
Monroe, MI 60 $22.30 $46,390
Punta Gorda, FL 60 $26.21 $54,520
Athens-Clarke County, GA 60 $24.79 $51,560
Auburn-Opelika, AL 60 $25.72 $53,510
Lebanon, PA 60 $27.82 $57,870
Decatur, AL 60 $19.57 $40,710
Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, NJ 60 $32.33 $67,250
Pine Bluff, AR 60 $20.78 $43,220
Lubbock, TX 60 $22.71 $47,230
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC 60 $23.64 $49,180
Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI 60 $24.35 $50,650
Wenatchee, WA 60 $29.00 $60,310
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA 50 $24.14 $50,210
Fort Smith, AR-OK 50 $21.67 $45,060
Hanford-Corcoran, CA 50 $33.09 $68,830
Dothan, AL 50 $27.43 $57,050
Corvallis, OR 50 $22.89 $47,600
St. Joseph, MO-KS 50 $23.02 $47,890
St. George, UT 50 $21.76 $45,250
Glens Falls, NY 50 Not available Not available
Napa, CA 50 $28.84 $59,990
Brunswick, GA 50 $34.65 $72,080
Leominster-Fitchburg-Gardner, MA 50 $27.39 $56,970
Salisbury, MD 50 $30.76 $63,970
Waco, TX 50 $25.09 $52,190
Mayaguez, PR 50 $15.33 $31,880
Alexandria, LA 50 $25.72 $53,500
Wichita Falls, TX 50 $27.66 $57,530
Logan, UT-ID 50 $21.66 $45,040
Waterbury, CT 50 $26.85 $55,850
Bangor, ME 50 $27.79 $57,800
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC 40 $21.86 $45,480
Lewiston-Auburn, ME 40 $20.84 $43,350
Pittsfield, MA 40 $26.32 $54,730
Lake Charles, LA 40 $21.18 $44,060
Casper, WY 40 $28.11 $58,460
Anniston-Oxford, AL 40 $21.06 $43,800
Kingston, NY 40 Not available Not available
Rocky Mount, NC 40 $23.46 $48,800
Greenville, NC 40 $25.75 $53,560
Danville, VA 40 $23.04 $47,930
Merced, CA 40 $29.62 $61,600
Lawton, OK 40 $28.05 $58,340
Tyler, TX 40 $25.25 $52,520
Texarkana-Texarkana, TX-AR 40 $28.06 $58,370
Danbury, CT 40 $28.17 $58,580
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX 40 $25.79 $53,640
Johnson City, TN 40 $25.64 $53,330
Yuba City, CA 40 $26.84 $55,830
Sebastian-Vero Beach, FL 40 $28.05 $58,350
Anderson, SC 40 $24.53 $51,020
Fajardo, PR 40 $12.82 $26,660
Valdosta, GA 40 $23.98 $49,880
Gainesville, GA 40 $29.47 $61,300
Burlington, NC 30 $23.43 $48,730
Lawrence, KS 30 $28.43 $59,130
Grand Junction, CO 30 $23.66 $49,200
Idaho Falls, ID 30 $28.52 $59,320
El Centro, CA 30 $24.68 $51,340
Yuma, AZ 30 $25.54 $53,120
Flagstaff, AZ 30 $26.14 $54,370
Cumberland, MD-WV 30 $20.62 $42,900
Laredo, TX 30 $24.76 $51,510
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA 30 $21.70 $45,130
Ithaca, NY 30 $23.39 $48,640
Amarillo, TX 30 $26.11 $54,300
Abilene, TX 30 $21.79 $45,320
Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, CA Metropolitan Division Not available $29.00 $60,330
Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI Not available $26.40 $54,910
Coeur d'Alene, ID Not available $26.79 $55,720
Kankakee-Bradley, IL Not available $11.43 $23,780
Williamsport, PA Not available $18.31 $38,070
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA Not available $30.46 $63,360
Gadsden, AL Not available $13.20 $27,450
Lansing-East Lansing, MI Not available $31.29 $65,090
Gary, IN Metropolitan Division Not available $19.78 $41,140
Prescott, AZ Not available $26.97 $56,090
Anderson, IN Not available $16.67 $34,670
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