Human Resources Specialists Salary in Roanoke, VA

Human Resources Specialists pay range in Roanoke

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $45,130 a year or less, while the top 10% make $111,550 or more. The middle half of human resources specialists in Roanoke earn between $54,390 and $88,880.

*Hourly figures assume 2,080 paid hours a year.

Human Resources Specialists salary after taxes in Roanoke

On the average salary of $74,220, a single filer in Roanoke takes home about $57,590 a year, or $4,799 a month and $2,215 every two weeks. Taxes take 22% of gross pay.

Single filer, standard deduction: federal income tax (2026 brackets), Social Security, Medicare and state income tax (2025 rules).

Is Roanoke a good place for human resources specialists? Pay vs. cost of living

Prices in the Roanoke area are 6% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 93.6), so the average $74,220 buys what about $79,280 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 1.4 times the median wage of all jobs in Roanoke ($47,140). A typical home costs $301,139, or 4.1 years of this average salary before tax.

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Human Resources Specialists salary in other Virginia cities

Roanoke ranks 7th of 9 Virginia metro areas for this job; Charlottesville pays the most ($85,530).

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Highest-paying cities for human resources specialists

San Jose, CA pays this job the most of the metro areas we cover ($122,290).

Human Resources Specialists salary by city

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