Average Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll And Timekeeping Salary in Salisbury, MD

Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll And Timekeeping in Salisbury, MD earn a median annual salary of $51,700, which is +4.6% compared to the national median. There are 70 workers employed locally in this occupation.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, May 2024 estimates for Salisbury, MD (metro area).

$51,700

Salisbury, MD median annual wage

$25/hour median

+4.6%

Difference vs national median

National median is $49,440

Local employment

1.3 jobs per 1,000 workers

2.23

Location quotient

Above 1.00 means the occupation is more concentrated here than nationally

Pay distribution

Local wage range

10th: $38,910
25th: $44,630
Median: $51,700
75th: $59,870
90th: $63,880

All values are percentiles of annual wages.

This local range is the useful part of the page. The median tells you the center of the market in Salisbury, MD, while the percentile band shows how compressed or wide the local pay distribution actually is.

Regional price parity

Cost-of-living context

All-items regional price parity

95.6%

Exact metro RPP match

Median wage adjusted to the national price level

$54,070

Goods: 96.6%
Services: 102.8%
Rents: 87.2%

Comparison links

Comparable metros for this occupation

Metro	Median annual wage	Compare	Employment
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$65,830	Compare	550
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$64,350	Compare	1,520
Vallejo, CA	$61,980	Compare	80
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA	$61,450	Compare	60
Boulder, CO	$60,230	Compare	60
Rochester, MN	$58,780	Compare	190

The point of this table is not random nearby places. It is to show the other labor markets where this same occupation looks stronger or weaker on the same OEWS release.

Area context

Top occupations in Salisbury, MD

Occupation	Median annual wage	LQ
Chief Executives	$212,690	0.61
Dentists, General	$168,790	1.40
Natural Sciences Managers	$158,160	0.89
Education Administrators, Postsecondary	$141,910	1.76
Computer And Information Systems Managers	$139,810	0.50
Physician Assistants	$137,150	1.82
Architectural And Engineering Managers	$137,090	0.43
Pharmacists	$135,170	1.08

Salisbury, MD has salary data for 243 occupations. The highest-paid occupation in this area is Chief Executives.

Historical series

Trend for Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll And Timekeeping in Salisbury, MD

Historical trend data is not yet available for this occupation in this area.

Interpretation

Outlook and page notes

Nationally, Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll And Timekeeping are projected to change by -7.1% from 2024 to 2034, with 9,000 annual openings.

Use this page to answer three separate questions: what the occupation pays here, how large the local market is, and whether this market is unusually concentrated for the occupation.

For metro pages in particular, read long-term trend rows as directional until the area comparability layer is fully wired. OEWS area definitions can change over time, and that matters more at the metro level than at the state level.