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Human Resources Specialists Salary in Chicago

See the latest available wage benchmarks for Human Resources Specialistss in Chicago, including the median, mean, employment and published percentile range.

Latest available wage reference: 2025 Page reviewed September 2026 26,470 jobs in this occupation

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Chicago salary benchmark

Published wage distribution for Human Resources Specialists in Chicago.

Median annual salary
$78,210
50th percentile
$83,190Mean / average
$6,933Mean per month
$40Mean per hour*
*Annual wage divided by 2,080 hours for a simple hourly equivalent.
U.S. comparison

The Chicago median is +3% versus the U.S. median of $75,840 for the same occupation.

Salary distribution

The published 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th and 90th percentile wages.

$49,580
10th
$61,470
25th
$78,210
50th
$100,550
75th
$125,220
90th
10th percentile
$49,580
Lower end of the published range
Median
$78,210
50th percentile
90th percentile
$125,220
Upper end of the published range
Employment
26,470
Estimated jobs in the occupation

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What is the median Human Resources Specialists salary in Chicago?

The published median is $78,210 per year. The median is the 50th percentile: half of workers are below it and half are above it in the published wage distribution.

How much is the 90th percentile for Human Resources Specialistss in Chicago?

The 90th percentile is $125,220 per year. The 90th percentile means 90% of workers are at or below that wage estimate in the published distribution.

Does this salary figure include bonus or equity?

These wage estimates represent wages for the occupation and geography. They should not be treated as a complete total-compensation estimate for an individual offer; bonuses, equity and benefits may be reported separately by employers.

Where the numbers come from

This page uses the latest available Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics reference imported into LinkedInSalary. The current wage reference is May 2025.

The dataset publishes employment, mean wages and percentile wage estimates. Percentiles describe the wage distribution; the site does not infer seniority bands, bonuses, growth rates or cost-of-living adjustments from these figures.

Data source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS).

Data reference year: 2025 · Page presentation year: 2026.

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