What Is the Salary for an Employee Relations Manager?
Employee relations managers can be responsible for just about anything that deals with the interactions between employees and the company. In some companies, the position can be similar to a human resources manager. Among some of their responsibilities are recruitment, employee retention, employee compensation program, benefits and developing administration manuals. Employee relations managers need to be able to deal well with people and help them work together more effectively.
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Education and Training
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Employee relations managers have at least a bachelor's degree and some may have a Master's degree. They typically study management or business management with a human resources emphasis. Managers with higher degrees will probably not see the position as long-term, but as a step towards a position in upper management. An employee relations manager is a position that is not bound by industry since most mid-size to large companies will have human relations departments and a need for employee relations managers.
Salary
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According to MySalary.com, the median salary for employee relations managers in 2010 was $89,074 a year. The middle 50 percent of employee relations managers earned between $76,645 and $103,441 a year. The top employee relations managers in the country earned more than $116,000 a year. To reach the upper salary range, employee relations managers need to develop experience at a company of some size and earn higher educational degrees.
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Employment
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According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, human resources, training, and labor relations managers and specialists held nearly 905,000 jobs in 2008. Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists accounted for roughly 25 percent of the positions. The industries that employed the most human resources people, including employee relations managers in 2008 were: administrative and support services (13 percent); professional, scientific and technical services (11 percent), healthcare and social assistance (10 percent) and finance and insurance firms (9 percent).
Job Outlook
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Human resources positions like employee relations managers are expected to grow faster than average. The number of positions is projected to grow 22 percent between 2008 and 2018, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. One major reason for this growth is that legislation and court rulings have revised the standards in various areas of human resources. This means people trained in these new rules will be need. The market will be competitive but certified employee relations managers and applicants with advanced college degrees will stand the best chance at securing a job.
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