Human Resources Manager - Federal Salaries of 2005

Pay Rates for "Human Resources Manager"

How much does a Human Resources Manager in the federal government get paid? $78,223.26* *Based on the 2005 average.

12,160 EMPLOYEES

$949.86M TOTAL SALARY

GS MOST COMMON PAYSCALE

Human Resources Manager was the 22nd most popular job in the U.S. Government in 2005, with 12,160 employed. The most common payscale was the general schedule payscale.

In 2005, the Veterans Health Administration hired the most employees titled Human Resources Management, with an average salary of $67,388.

Government Human Resources Management jobs are classified under the General Schedule (GS) payscale. The minimum paygrade for a Human Resources Management job is GS-4, and the highest paygrade that can be attained within this job series is GS-15. Remember that the starting and maximum yearly pay listed above reflect base pay only - your actual salary will be higher based on the Locality Pay Adjustment for the area in which you work.

Job Description

Administrative and Management positions have a wide range of responsibilities. Management does not refer specifically to supervisors who directly manage organizations or teams. Rather jobs in this category deal with managing systems or processes such as finances, security systems, training programs, or marketing. For employees in this job category, promotions are typically given 2 grade increments at a time until GS-12 is reached.

Agencies that have hired a Human Resources Manager

Agency	Employees Hired	Average Salary
Veterans Health Administration	1,313	$67,387.51
Internal Revenue Service	1,160	$76,678.62
Social Security Administration	637	$80,249.52
Bureau of Prisons/Federal Prison System	529	$67,104.37
Department of State	435	$82,089.34
Forest Service	400	$67,998.21
Office of Personnel Management	385	$86,911.93
Federal Aviation Administration	384	$84,563.74
Program Support Center	333	$78,689.43
Customs and Border Protection	301	$80,395.90
Transportation Security Administration	268	$78,030.35
Department of Energy	265	$81,274.22
National Park Service	263	$65,282.17
Federal Bureau of Investigation	196	$79,040.02
National Institutes of Health	196	$81,057.75
Office of the Human Resources Management	181	$82,683.50
Environmental Protection Agency	171	$87,428.44
Executive Office of U.S. Attorneys and the Office of U.s Attorneys	158	$73,071.15
Office Assistant Secretary Administration and Management	141	$82,961.93
Veterans Benefits Administration	133	$71,780.85
Bureau of Land Management	123	$70,980.81
Indian Health Service	122	$64,108.92
Natural Resources Conservation Service	121	$67,837.67
Food Safety and Inspection Service	121	$81,275.74
Agricultural Research Service	117	$72,770.76
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation	110	$98,316.91
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration	106	$75,757.68
Rural Housing Service	101	$72,759.10
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service	100	$76,662.83
U.S. Coast Guard	98	$82,337.83
Assistant Secretary for Human Resources Management	92	$88,965.78
Bureau of the Public Debt	90	$61,839.60
Farm Service Agency	89	$75,263.15
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service	85	$73,343.01
Geological Survey	84	$77,095.73
Bureau of the Census	81	$74,019.95
Office of the Chief Human Capital Office	81	$85,796.06
Bureau of Reclamation	80	$70,940.11
Offices, Boards and Divisions	77	$88,660.18
Employment Standards Administration	68	$71,409.81
U.S. Secret Service	65	$78,966.89
Headquarters, Nasa	61	$98,351.13
Patent and Trademark Office	57	$84,531.79
Drug Enforcement Administration	57	$84,871.82
Indian Affairs	57	$70,607.37
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation., & Enforcement	56	$77,781.70
Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, & Explosives	53	$81,566.36
Small Business Administration	52	$76,998.60
Office of Comptroller of Currency	51	$97,997.39
Federal Highway Administration	50	$81,769.42
Nuclear Regulatory Commission	47	$94,033.51
Federal Emergency Management Agency	47	$84,417.62
Departmental Administration	47	$95,842.53
U.S. Agency for International Development	45	$73,847.51
Financial Management Service	45	$84,346.42
Goddard Space Flight Center	44	$84,768.02
Office of the Secretary of the Interior	44	$87,177.66
Securities and Exchange Commission	43	$102,593.86
Office of Management (Department of Education)	43	$93,232.72
Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center	40	$81,677.50
Ous Management	37	$109,706.08
U.S. Mint	37	$82,592.46
International Trade Administration	36	$83,478.94
Office of the Secretary (Department of Commerce)	35	$91,429.91
Government Printing Office	34	$79,627.68
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission	32	$90,676.41
National Archives and Records Administration	32	$78,655.91
Departmental Offices	29	$92,014.45
U.S. Marshals Service	29	$94,588.90
National Science Foundation	29	$95,986.28
George C. Marshall Space Flight Center	29	$80,295.59
John Glenn Research Center at Lewis Field	27	$71,705.07
Smithsonian Institution (Exchange Sep Boards of Trust)	27	$76,938.74
Food and Nutrition Service	27	$79,058.85
Office Secretary Health and Human Services	26	$71,360.00
Office of Secretary of Transportation	25	$99,463.28
Broadcasting Board of Governors	25	$89,677.04
Langley Research Center	25	$85,116.32
Office of the Director	24	$92,177.50
Bureau of Engraving and Printing	23	$85,630.78
Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers	23	$78,949.74
National Institute of Standards and Technology	23	$90,983.65
Bureau of Labor Statistics	21	$80,073.81
Office of Senior Coordinator for New York/New Jersey	20	$90,840.00
Ames Research Center	20	$90,269.70
Office of Senior Coordinator for Southeast/Caribbean	19	$84,161.21
John F. Kennedy Space Center	19	$79,761.05
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation	19	$89,687.84
Office of Senior Coordinator for Rocky Mountains	19	$85,091.05
National Credit Union Administration	18	$98,032.78
Office of Special Counsel	17	$84,265.94
National Labor Relations Board	16	$91,888.56
Immigration and Customs Enforcement	16	$90,287.50
Federal Communications Commission	16	$105,027.50
Employment and Training Administration	14	$80,105.07
Occupational Safety and Health Administration	14	$88,042.21
Office of Administration	14	$97,896.00
Citizenship and Immigration Services	14	$90,235.14
Office of Justice Programs	14	$85,189.07
Office of the Inspector General (Department of Labor)	13	$76,332.62
Railroad Retirement Board	13	$81,068.54
Peace Corps	13	$100,208.77
Mine Safety and Health Administration	13	$86,127.92
Federal Railroad Administration	13	$95,384.77
Office of the Chief Financial Officer (Department of Agriculture)	12	$78,363.83
Office of the Secretary, Research and Technology	12	$86,587.25
Maritime Administration	11	$89,328.45
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration	11	$83,836.18
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration	11	$87,717.45
Executive Office for Immigration Review	10	$82,986.80
Office of Thrift Supervision	10	$112,516.30
Federal Trade Commission	10	$83,283.10
Merit Systems Protection Board	9	$111,415.33
Corporation for National and Community Service	9	$89,661.56
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Information and Technology	9	$62,660.22
Export-Import Bank of the United States	8	$99,141.25
Commodity Futures Trading Commission	8	$138,460.00
Inspector General (Department of Veterans Affairs)	8	$81,324.63
Office of Surface Mining, Reclamation and Enforcement	7	$88,332.00
Financial Crimes Enforcement Network	7	$87,045.86
Office of the Inspector General (Department of Agriculture)	7	$89,399.00
Dryden Flight Research Center	7	$77,305.43
Pretrial Services Agency	7	$79,554.57
Office of Inspector General (Department of Housing and Urban Development)	7	$96,436.29
Office of the Solicitor (Department of Labor)	6	$72,483.33
National Endowment for the Arts	6	$82,872.50
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service	6	$94,916.67
National Gallery of Art	6	$90,991.67
John C. Stennis Space Center	6	$72,384.00
Selective Service System	6	$74,140.33
Food and Drug Administration	6	$90,782.00
U.S. Trustee Program	6	$103,799.67
U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum	6	$98,589.33
Consumer Product Safety Commission	6	$96,494.67
National Transportation Safety Board	6	$101,548.67
Overseas Private Investment Corporation	5	$92,947.80
Office of the Inspector General (Department of Interior)	5	$77,498.60
Office of the Inspector General (Department of Homeland Security)	5	$85,964.00
Office of the Inspector General (Department of Justice)	5	$100,880.60
Farm Credit Administration	4	$98,180.00
Office of Inspector General (General Services Administration)	4	$81,420.75
Federal Maritime Commission	4	$78,390.75
Federal Election Commission	4	$105,871.50
U.S. International Trade Commission	4	$107,905.25
Pipeline/Hazardous Materials Safety Administration	4	$92,947.25
Presidio Trust	4	$99,038.00
	3	$93,220.33
St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation	3	$84,059.67
Agricultural Marketing Service	3	$82,860.67
Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board	3	$91,478.67
Federal Labor Relations Authority	3	$84,751.33
Office of the Chief Financial Officer (Department of Labor)	3	$98,118.00
National Endowment for the Humanities	3	$111,589.67
Office of Inspector General (Department of Transportation)	3	$94,593.67
Federal Housing Finance Board	3	$75,411.33
Office of the Inspector General (Department of Commerce)	3	$71,786.67
International Boundary & Water Commission: U.S. & Mexico	2	$77,019.50
Armed Forces Retirement Home	2	$92,452.50
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts	2	$78,335.00
Office of Government Ethics	2	$86,758.00
Federal Transit Administration	2	$99,011.00
Surface Transportation Board	2	$99,415.00
American Battle Monuments Commission	2	$80,595.50
Commission on Civil Rights	2	$114,882.00
Offices of the Regional Administrators	2	$89,736.00
Office of Inspector General (Department of Treasury)	2	$83,196.50
Institute of Museum and Library Services	2	$79,808.00
Office of Inspector General for Tax Administration	2	$106,044.00
Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau	2	$107,507.50
Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight	2	$91,882.00
National Agricultural Statistics Service	1	$55,966.00
Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board	1	$59,464.00
National Cemetery Administration	1	$63,857.00
Architectural & Transportation Barrier Compliance Board	1	$69,173.00
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Office of Resolution Management	1	$64,981.00
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Finance	1	$68,651.00
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Acquisition and Logistics	1	$67,066.00
National Appeals Division	1	$74,782.00
Grain Inspection, Packers & Stockyards Administration	1	$79,766.00
Occupational Safety & Health Review Commission	1	$82,259.00
Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation	1	$72,035.00
Risk Management Agency	1	$100,152.00
Civil Rights	1	$93,485.00
Office of General Counsel (General Services Administration)	1	$115,562.00
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services	1	$88,369.00
National Capital Planning Commission	1	$100,152.00
African Development Foundation	1	$131,671.00
Economic Development Administration	1	$125,540.00
Valles Caldera Trust	1	$55,000.00
Millennium Challenge Corporation	1	$144,157.00

Human Resources Manager Pay Distribution

The average pay for a Human Resources Manager is $78,223.26. The highest paid Human Resources Manager made $204,480 in 2005.

Common Human Resources Manager Payscales

Payscale	Number of Human Resources Management Employees
GS - General Schedule	10,719
FV - Faa Core Compensation Plan	383
SV - Trans Security Admin Emp Other Than Exec	265
FP - Foreign Service Personnel	116
CG - Corporate Graded	93
GM - Emp Covered By Pmrs Termination Provisns	72
GG - Grades Similar To General Schedule	62
ZA - Administrative	56
ES - Senior Executive Service	55
FO - Foreign Service Officers	54
NB - Ofc Of Comptroller Of The Currency Only	51
IR - Irs Broadband Class And Pay System Pos	49
SK - Sec Emp Formerly Under Gs, Gm, And Ez	42
PG - Printing Office Grades	33
CM - Fdic Suprv And Mangr Pos Below Exec Lev	17
CU - Credit Union Employees	17
FE - Senior Foreign Service	12
AD - Administratively Determined Rates, Not E	10
TG - Ofc Of Thrift Supervision Salary Schedul	10
CT - Commodity Futures Trading Commission Pos	8
SL - Senior Level Positions	4
NY - All Other Positions In The Corporation	4
VH - Professional, Admin., And Managerial	4
NX - Executive-level And Managerial Positions	3
PD - Treasury Demonstration Project Positions	3
SW - Transportation Security Admin Executives	3
HU - Haskell Indian Nations Univ Demo Project	2
OF - Ofc Of Fed Housing Enterprise Oversight	2
EJ - Dept Of Energy Org Act Excepted Service	2
TS - Federal Housing Finance Board Step Sys.	2
PU - Gpo, White-collar, 10% Night Rate	1
EG - Consultant (other)	1
SO - Sec Emp Formerly Under Es Pay Plan	1
SS - Senior Staff Positions	1
EF - Consultant (5 U.s.c. 3109)	1
EV - Faa Executive Compensation Plan	1
TM - Federal Housing Finance Board Merit Pay	1

Starting Paygrade:	$28,921.00 / year base pay at paygrade GS-4, Step 1
Maximum Paygrade:	$152,771.00 / year base pay at paygrade GS-15, Step 10
Category:	Administrative and Management
Occupation Family:	0200 HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT GROUP

Other Jobs at the GS-4 Paygrade

GS-4 is the starting paygrade for Human Resources Management jobs. Here are some other Federal Government jobs that can be held by employees at the GS-4 paygrade.

Occupation	Occupation Category	Starting Paygrade	Maximum Paygrade
Closed Microphone Reporting	Clerical and Administrative Support	GS-1	GS-9
Meteorological Technician	Technical and Medical Support	GS-1	GS-9
Cemetery Administration Services	Administrative and Management	GS-4	GS-15
Distribution Facilities and Storage Management	Administrative and Management	GS-4	GS-15
Explosives Safety	Administrative and Management	GS-4	GS-15

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Average Human Resources Management Pay Trend from 2004 to 2021

In 2004, the average pay for a Human Resources Manager was $75,125. Since then, the average pay has increased to $101,761 in 2021.

Data Sources

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The series code of this occupation is 0201.