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People and HR salaries in the United States
Median $151k a year across 845 live postings that publish pay; the middle half runs from $123k to $188k. 84% of the 1,011 live postings in this segment publish a band at all.
The middle half: $123k to $188k. The ends are folded into the outer bars.
Bars are the middle half of published bands; the tick is the median.
Highest-paying employers
Periodic Labsmedian of 2 published bands$313k
Waymomedian of 2 published bands$298k
Robloxmedian of 4 published bands$257k
Oktamedian of 9 published bands$255k
Anthropicmedian of 6 published bands$251k
Notionmedian of 7 published bands$250k
Imprintmedian of 2 published bands$250k
Thinking Machines Labmedian of 4 published bands$249k
Hiring the most right now
By job title
| Title | Median | Postings |
|---|---|---|
| Technical Recruiter | $145k | 41 |
| GTM Recruiter | $150k | 21 |
| Recruiting Coordinator | $88k | 21 |
| Senior Technical Recruiter | $160k | 21 |
| Recruiter | $125k | 15 |
| Senior People Business Partner | $194k | 9 |
| Senior Recruiter | $165k | 8 |
| Senior Technical Sourcer | $150k | 8 |
The best-paid openings in this segment
- Head of PeoplePeriodic Labs · Menlo Park, California, United States$350k to $450k
- Head of People Development & CultureWaymo · Mountain View, CA, USA$334k to $411k
- Head of Talent Experience & EnablementOpenAI · Remote$342k to $380k
- Senior Director/ VP, People OperationsVerkada · San Mateo, CA United States$280k to $420k
- People Research Scientist, RecruitingAnthropic · San Francisco, CA $285k to $380k
- Head of Talent AcquisitionApollo · Hybrid, San Francisco$292k to $365k
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Questions this data answers
What is the median salary for people and HR roles in the United States?
$151k a year in base pay, across 845 live postings that publish a salary band. The middle half of those bands runs from $123k to $188k.
What do the best-paid people and HR roles in the United States offer?
One in ten published bands has a midpoint above $226k, and one in ten sits below $95k.
How many people and HR job posts publish a salary?
84% of the 1,011 live postings in this segment state a pay range. The figures here are drawn only from those.
Do remote people and HR roles in the United States pay less?
Remote postings publish a median of $163k against $150k for on-site and hybrid ones, from 198 and 647 postings respectively.
Which companies pay the most for people and HR roles in the United States?
Among employers with at least two published bands, the highest medians right now are at Periodic Labs ($313k), Waymo ($298k), Roblox ($257k).
Where does this data come from?
Base pay only, as employers publish it in their own job posts: the midpoint of each annual range, in the currency most postings use. Equity, bonus and commission are not in it. Updated daily.
Base pay only, as employers publish it in their own job posts: the midpoint of each annual range, in the currency most postings use. Equity, bonus and commission are not in it. Read off the live postings on Refolk's job board, where an employer is only counted while the posting is open. Updated daily.