Human Resources Specialists Salary in Milwaukee, WI

Human Resources Specialists pay range in Milwaukee

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $48,630 a year or less, while the top 10% make $109,840 or more. The middle half of human resources specialists in Milwaukee earn between $59,230 and $93,280.

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

Human Resources Specialists salary after taxes in Milwaukee

On the average salary of $77,150, a single filer in Milwaukee takes home about $60,034 a year, or $5,003 a month and $2,309 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 (2026 rules).

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

Prices in the Milwaukee area are 3% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 96.9), so the average $77,150 buys what about $79,588 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 1.5 times the median wage of all jobs in Milwaukee ($51,160). A typical home costs $390,238, or 5.1 years of this average salary before tax.

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Human Resources Specialists salary in other Wisconsin cities

Milwaukee ranks 2nd of 13 Wisconsin metro areas for this job; Madison pays the most ($78,550).

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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).

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