Human Resources Specialists in Kansas earn a median of $70,870 a year (7% below the U.S. median of $75,940), based on about 7,560 jobs. Pay for the same job differs a lot by employer, experience, industry and city within Kansas. These are wages of employees in the occupation, not a forecast for any individual.

Median annual pay

$70,870

7% below the U.S. median of $75,940

Average annual pay

$76,590

Mean wage

Pay range

$47,340–$115,920

10th to 90th percentile

Jobs in the state

7,560

Employees, May 2025

Median hourly pay

$34.07

Before taxes

The state's price level is 90.1 (U.S. average = 100), so a median of $70,870 here equals roughly $78,657 after adjusting for the state's price level.

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Fields of study linked to this career by the federal CIP-to-SOC crosswalk (U.S. Department of Education, NCES, with the Bureau of Labor Statistics; a classification crosswalk, and many workers entered by other routes): Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology · Business Administration, Management and Operations · Human Resources Management and Services

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025, state estimates (employees only; self-employed workers are not included); price-level adjustment uses the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis Regional Price Parities (where 100 is the U.S. average; MajorPays' calculation). Wages are for an occupation in a state as a whole and vary widely by employer, experience, industry and place within the state. MajorPays selected and reorganized these figures; neither agency has approved or endorsed this presentation. See Data sources for each dataset's terms.