What Is the Salary of a Human Resource Manager Working for a Non-Profit?

Human resources manager salaries vary with the geographic location of employment.

People working as human resources managers take direction from company or agency administration in organizing and directing programs and activities for the staff at one office or operating as a manager working at a district level. Some managers serve an entire company or agency. Nonprofit agencies and government offices define the scope of the position by the demands of the group, and the salary for the manager frequently reflects the number of assignments included in job description and the seniority of the manager.

Human Resource Manager Specialties

The job classification for human resources manager includes workers with job titles indicating a specific focus on human resources, including managers working as specialists in general employment issues, employee compensation and benefits, job analysis, training, employee recruitment and job placement. The focus of the position depends on the firm or agency, number of employees and the talents and training of the manager. The federal Office of Personnel Management reported the focus of HR managers beginning in the 1990s featured an emphasis on productivity and efficiency.

Nonprofit Agency Salary Scales

Nonprofit agencies hiring HR managers include educational institutions, government agencies and community service organizations. Human resources managers working for state governments earned a median annual wage and benefits of $76,570 in 2008, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, while HR managers working in local government earned a higher median annual pay package at $89,240 in the same year. Wages for these professionals increased in 2010. The BLS reported the annual mean wage for HR managers working in state government increased to $81,610 and local workers took home an annual mean wage of $93,630. The BLS reported HR managers working at educational institutions earned an annual mean wage of $98,570 in 2010.

Job Prospects

The Society for Human Resource Management notes the continued need for professionals working in human resources. HR careers start in lower-paying supervision jobs before joining the higher levels of the agency or business management team. Upper-level managers typically work as staff assigned to interviewing potential staff members, assisting managers in managing employee concerns and relations and evaluating the productivity and performance expectations. Entry-level mean hourly pay in 2010 ranged between $39 and $47 for nonprofit human resource managers, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Geographic Pay Differences

The largest concentration of HR workers lived in the states of Washington, Minnesota, Oklahoma, New York and New Jersey, but the Bureau of Labor Statistics found HR managers with the combined highest wages and benefits in New York, Texas, Illinois, New Jersey and California. Agencies and departments in New Jersey paid HR managers the highest salaries in 2010. Managers in this state had an annual mean wage of $134,170 that year. HR managers working in California in the same year took home $124,510, the second-highest state-wide pay for the HR management job.

References

• Bureau of Labor Statistics: Human Resources, Training, and Labor Relations Mangers and Specialists
• Bureau of Labor Statistics: Human Resources Managers
• Society for Human Resource Management: Careers in Human Resource Management
• Alameda County (California) Water District: Human Resources Manager
• Office of Personnel Management: Looking to the Future -- Human Resources Competencies