Human Resources Specialists Salary — State College, Pennsylvania

The average Human Resources Specialists in State College, Pennsylvania earns $69,190 a year.

$69,190 / year, mean
↓ 16.6% below national average 31th percentile in Pennsylvania

State College pays below most of Pennsylvania for this role, though still within a normal range for the state. That's noticeably below the national average for human resources specialists, worth factoring into any relocation math. Cost of living here is close to the national average — not a major factor either way. This is a high-confidence estimate, based on a large sample of reported wages.

Percentile within Pennsylvania

0th 50th 100th
Employment (this metro)
260
Estimate confidence
RSE 1.9%
Cost of living 97 #86 most expensive of 188 cities in this dataset 100 = U.S. average · Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024
Crime index 1511 #51 safest of 188 cities in this dataset Per 100k residents · Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer
Median home value $353,680 #79 priciest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: zillow_real
Median household income $72,748 #88 highest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: Census Bureau ACS 5-year

Combining these four figures gives a fuller picture than salary alone: State College ranks #86 for cost of living and #79 for home prices among the 188 cities in this pilot dataset, which matters as much as the headline salary number when comparing where to live.

San Jose $122,290 San Francisco $113,530 Lexington Park $104,240 Seattle $99,220 New York $98,100 Bremerton $95,830 Santa Cruz $93,190 Parkersburg $93,040 Vallejo $92,480 Santa Maria $91,880 San Diego $91,760 Napa $91,260 Oxnard $90,570 Baltimore $89,890 Los Angeles $89,780 Sacramento $89,450 Kennewick $89,110 Olympia $88,490 Portland $88,270 Salinas $88,270 Santa Rosa $87,650 Trenton $86,760 Walla Walla $86,380 San Luis Obispo $85,650 Hagerstown $85,620 Charlottesville $85,530 Elizabethtown $84,660 Winchester $84,600 Kiryas Joel $84,470 Philadelphia $84,290 Ithaca $84,270 Mount Vernon $84,220 Bellingham $83,790 Chicago $83,190 Richmond $83,110 Stockton $82,920 Syracuse $82,700 Salem $82,560 Albany $82,280 Merced $81,980 Riverside $81,920 Bend $81,910 Ann Arbor $81,740 Bakersfield $81,730 Midland $81,670 Rochester $81,420 Wenatchee $81,140 Austin $80,840 Binghamton $80,660 Crestview $80,550 Modesto $80,480 Springfield $80,210 Hanford $80,170 Atlantic City $80,080 York $79,940 Virginia Beach $79,850 Spokane $79,710 Buffalo $79,180 Detroit $79,170 Visalia $78,850 Yuba City $78,830 Longview $78,750 Kingston $78,590 Fresno $78,480 Chico $78,400 Peoria $78,360 Lebanon $78,280 Glens Falls $78,020 Albany $78,000 Bloomington $77,970 San Antonio $77,490 Redding $77,480 Houston $77,120 Utica $77,100 Watertown $76,710 Monroe $76,360 Corvallis $76,340 Vineland $76,330 Naples $76,230 Palm Bay $76,190 Sarasota $76,080 Jacksonville $76,050 El Centro $75,850 Elmira $75,810 Yakima $75,770 Lansing $75,650 Medford $75,540 Wildwood $75,470 Indianapolis $75,390 Allentown $75,320 Dallas $75,220 Miami $75,160 Killeen $75,150 Blacksburg $75,140 Lynchburg $75,110 Chambersburg $75,030 Louisville $74,700 Niles $74,630 Reading $74,430 Tampa $74,390 Roanoke $74,220 Midland $74,030 Orlando $73,750 Eugene $73,740 Lexington $73,530 Salisbury $73,520 Champaign $73,500 Staunton $73,300 Harrisburg $73,170 Pittsburgh $73,080 Battle Creek $73,010 Ocala $73,000 Jackson $72,600 Paducah $72,600 Kokomo $72,510 Grand Rapids $72,280 Bloomington $72,250 Pensacola $72,230 Lancaster $72,130 Elkhart $72,120 Scranton $71,990 Fort Myers $71,730 Fort Wayne $71,620 Muskegon $71,540 Flint $71,360 Dover $71,270 Deltona $71,150 Beckley $71,020 Saginaw $71,010 Michigan City $70,870 Odessa $70,820 Morgantown $70,790 Weirton $70,590 Lakeland $70,560 Altoona $70,540 Waco $70,400 Grants Pass $70,280 Rockford $70,110 Beaumont $70,050 Port St. Lucie $69,970 Sherman $69,920 Punta Gorda $69,900 Panama City $69,760 South Bend $69,690 Traverse City $69,690 Kalamazoo $69,400 State College $69,190 Decatur $69,170 Sebastian $69,010 San Angelo $68,960 Evansville $68,760 Longview $68,620 Gettysburg $68,560 Bay City $68,550 Homosassa Springs $68,510 Columbus $68,370 Bowling Green $68,260 Amarillo $68,170 Erie $67,830 Charleston $67,810 Kankakee $67,550 Lafayette $67,510 Gainesville $67,500 Huntington $67,150 Texarkana $66,990 Corpus Christi $66,720 Harrisonburg $66,650 Abilene $66,440 Williamsport $66,380 Muncie $66,310 Owensboro $66,080 Tallahassee $65,960 Terre Haute $65,850 Wheeling $65,710 Lubbock $65,510 Wichita Falls $65,390 Sebring $65,240 Johnstown $64,850 Victoria $64,780 College Station $64,690 El Paso $63,320 Tyler $63,120 Brownsville $60,730 McAllen $58,780 Laredo $57,730 Eagle Pass $51,170
CityMean salaryvs. State College
Abilene, Texas$66,440-4.0%
Albany, Oregon$78,000+12.7%
Albany, New York$82,280+18.9%
Allentown, Pennsylvania$75,320+8.9%
Altoona, Pennsylvania$70,540+2.0%
Amarillo, Texas$68,170-1.5%
Ann Arbor, Michigan$81,740+18.1%
Atlantic City, New Jersey$80,080+15.7%
Austin, Texas$80,840+16.8%
Bakersfield, California$81,730+18.1%
Baltimore, Maryland$89,890+29.9%
Battle Creek, Michigan$73,010+5.5%
Bay City, Michigan$68,550-0.9%
Beaumont, Texas$70,050+1.2%
Beckley, West Virginia$71,020+2.6%
Bellingham, Washington$83,790+21.1%
Bend, Oregon$81,910+18.4%
Binghamton, New York$80,660+16.6%
Blacksburg, Virginia$75,140+8.6%
Bloomington, Illinois$77,970+12.7%
Bloomington, Indiana$72,250+4.4%
Bowling Green, Kentucky$68,260-1.3%
Bremerton, Washington$95,830+38.5%
Brownsville, Texas$60,730-12.2%
Buffalo, New York$79,180+14.4%
Fort Myers, Florida$71,730+3.7%
Chambersburg, Pennsylvania$75,030+8.4%
Champaign, Illinois$73,500+6.2%
Charleston, West Virginia$67,810-2.0%
Charlottesville, Virginia$85,530+23.6%
Chicago, Illinois$83,190+20.2%
Chico, California$78,400+13.3%
College Station, Texas$64,690-6.5%
Columbus, Indiana$68,370-1.2%
Corpus Christi, Texas$66,720-3.6%
Corvallis, Oregon$76,340+10.3%
Crestview, Florida$80,550+16.4%
Dallas, Texas$75,220+8.7%
Decatur, Illinois$69,170-0.0%
Deltona, Florida$71,150+2.8%
Detroit, Michigan$79,170+14.4%
Dover, Delaware$71,270+3.0%
Eagle Pass, Texas$51,170-26.0%
El Centro, California$75,850+9.6%
Elizabethtown, Kentucky$84,660+22.4%
Elkhart, Indiana$72,120+4.2%
Elmira, New York$75,810+9.6%
El Paso, Texas$63,320-8.5%
Erie, Pennsylvania$67,830-2.0%
Eugene, Oregon$73,740+6.6%
Evansville, Indiana$68,760-0.6%
Flint, Michigan$71,360+3.1%
Fort Wayne, Indiana$71,620+3.5%
Fresno, California$78,480+13.4%
Gainesville, Florida$67,500-2.4%
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania$68,560-0.9%
Glens Falls, New York$78,020+12.8%
Grand Rapids, Michigan$72,280+4.5%
Grants Pass, Oregon$70,280+1.6%
Hagerstown, Maryland$85,620+23.7%
Hanford, California$80,170+15.9%
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania$73,170+5.8%
Harrisonburg, Virginia$66,650-3.7%
Homosassa Springs, Florida$68,510-1.0%
Houston, Texas$77,120+11.5%
Huntington, West Virginia$67,150-2.9%
Indianapolis, Indiana$75,390+9.0%
Ithaca, New York$84,270+21.8%
Jackson, Michigan$72,600+4.9%
Jacksonville, Florida$76,050+9.9%
Johnstown, Pennsylvania$64,850-6.3%
Kalamazoo, Michigan$69,400+0.3%
Kankakee, Illinois$67,550-2.4%
Kennewick, Washington$89,110+28.8%
Killeen, Texas$75,150+8.6%
Kingston, New York$78,590+13.6%
Kiryas Joel, New York$84,470+22.1%
Kokomo, Indiana$72,510+4.8%
Lafayette, Indiana$67,510-2.4%
Lakeland, Florida$70,560+2.0%
Lancaster, Pennsylvania$72,130+4.2%
Lansing, Michigan$75,650+9.3%
Laredo, Texas$57,730-16.6%
Lebanon, Pennsylvania$78,280+13.1%
Lexington, Kentucky$73,530+6.3%
Lexington Park, Maryland$104,240+50.7%
Longview, Texas$68,620-0.8%
Longview, Washington$78,750+13.8%
Los Angeles, California$89,780+29.8%
Louisville, Kentucky$74,700+8.0%
Lubbock, Texas$65,510-5.3%
Lynchburg, Virginia$75,110+8.6%
McAllen, Texas$58,780-15.0%
Medford, Oregon$75,540+9.2%
Merced, California$81,980+18.5%
Miami, Florida$75,160+8.6%
Michigan City, Indiana$70,870+2.4%
Midland, Michigan$74,030+7.0%
Midland, Texas$81,670+18.0%
Modesto, California$80,480+16.3%
Monroe, Michigan$76,360+10.4%
Morgantown, West Virginia$70,790+2.3%
Mount Vernon, Washington$84,220+21.7%
Muncie, Indiana$66,310-4.2%
Muskegon, Michigan$71,540+3.4%
Napa, California$91,260+31.9%
Naples, Florida$76,230+10.2%
New York, New York$98,100+41.8%
Niles, Michigan$74,630+7.9%
Sarasota, Florida$76,080+10.0%
Ocala, Florida$73,000+5.5%
Odessa, Texas$70,820+2.4%
Olympia, Washington$88,490+27.9%
Orlando, Florida$73,750+6.6%
Owensboro, Kentucky$66,080-4.5%
Oxnard, California$90,570+30.9%
Paducah, Kentucky$72,600+4.9%
Palm Bay, Florida$76,190+10.1%
Panama City, Florida$69,760+0.8%
Parkersburg, West Virginia$93,040+34.5%
Pensacola, Florida$72,230+4.4%
Peoria, Illinois$78,360+13.3%
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania$84,290+21.8%
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania$73,080+5.6%
Portland, Oregon$88,270+27.6%
Port St. Lucie, Florida$69,970+1.1%
Punta Gorda, Florida$69,900+1.0%
Reading, Pennsylvania$74,430+7.6%
Redding, California$77,480+12.0%
Richmond, Virginia$83,110+20.1%
Riverside, California$81,920+18.4%
Roanoke, Virginia$74,220+7.3%
Rochester, New York$81,420+17.7%
Rockford, Illinois$70,110+1.3%
Sacramento, California$89,450+29.3%
Saginaw, Michigan$71,010+2.6%
Salem, Oregon$82,560+19.3%
Salinas, California$88,270+27.6%
Salisbury, Maryland$73,520+6.3%
San Angelo, Texas$68,960-0.3%
San Antonio, Texas$77,490+12.0%
San Diego, California$91,760+32.6%
San Francisco, California$113,530+64.1%
San Jose, California$122,290+76.7%
San Luis Obispo, California$85,650+23.8%
Santa Cruz, California$93,190+34.7%
Santa Maria, California$91,880+32.8%
Santa Rosa, California$87,650+26.7%
Scranton, Pennsylvania$71,990+4.0%
Seattle, Washington$99,220+43.4%
Sebastian, Florida$69,010-0.3%
Sebring, Florida$65,240-5.7%
Sherman, Texas$69,920+1.1%
South Bend, Indiana$69,690+0.7%
Spokane, Washington$79,710+15.2%
Springfield, Illinois$80,210+15.9%
Staunton, Virginia$73,300+5.9%
Stockton, California$82,920+19.8%
Syracuse, New York$82,700+19.5%
Tallahassee, Florida$65,960-4.7%
Tampa, Florida$74,390+7.5%
Terre Haute, Indiana$65,850-4.8%
Texarkana, Texas$66,990-3.2%
Traverse City, Michigan$69,690+0.7%
Trenton, New Jersey$86,760+25.4%
Tyler, Texas$63,120-8.8%
Utica, New York$77,100+11.4%
Vallejo, California$92,480+33.7%
Victoria, Texas$64,780-6.4%
Vineland, New Jersey$76,330+10.3%
Virginia Beach, Virginia$79,850+15.4%
Visalia, California$78,850+14.0%
Waco, Texas$70,400+1.7%
Walla Walla, Washington$86,380+24.8%
Watertown, New York$76,710+10.9%
Weirton, West Virginia$70,590+2.0%
Wenatchee, Washington$81,140+17.3%
Wheeling, West Virginia$65,710-5.0%
Wichita Falls, Texas$65,390-5.5%
Wildwood, Florida$75,470+9.1%
Williamsport, Pennsylvania$66,380-4.1%
Winchester, Virginia$84,600+22.3%
Yakima, Washington$75,770+9.5%
York, Pennsylvania$79,940+15.5%
Yuba City, California$78,830+13.9%
Gross salary
69,190/yr
Estimated take-home
55,381/yr
Est. total withheld
20.0%

Single filer, federal + Pennsylvania state tax + FICA, 2025 rates. Does not include state-specific payroll withholdings beyond income tax (see Data transparency). Not tax advice — verify with a professional for your specific situation.

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Data transparency

Sources used for this page

Official occupation and area metadata behind the visible salary, cost, housing and safety signals.

Occupation 13-1071 SOC code
Official area State College, PA BLS metro/geographic area
Area code 44300 Stable geographic key
Reference year 2025 BLS OEWS
Cost: bea_realHousing: zillow_realCrime: latest availableNet-pay source: pa_dor_verificado 2025
No additional caveats are attached to this row.
Methodology

How this page is built

The salary figure is the mean annual wage reported by the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) program for this occupation and metro area. Percentile and national-average comparisons are calculated directly from the 188 cities currently in this dataset, not from a fixed external benchmark. Cost of living, crime and housing figures come from BEA, FBI and Zillow respectively — see "Data transparency" above for the exact sources and reference years used on this specific page.

Confidence: the RSE (relative standard error) shown under Overview indicates how reliable the salary estimate is for this metro — a lower RSE means a larger underlying sample.

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Population (metro area)
158,041