HR Career Opportunities
Employment opportunities for human resource management include:
- Employment and placement managers
- Recruitment specialists
- Employment interviewers
- Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialist
- Occupational analysts
- Compensation manager
- Employee benefits manager and specialist
- Employee welfare manager
- Training and development manager and specialist
- Labor relations
- Dispute resolution
Median annual wages of training and development specialists were $51,450 in May 2008. The middle 50 percent earned between $38,550 and $67,450. The lowest 10 percent earned less than $29,470, and the highest 10 percent earned more than $85,160. Median annual wages in the industries employing the largest numbers of training and development specialists were:
| Computer systems design and related services | $61,110 |
| General medical and surgical hospitals | 56,540 |
| Insurance carriers | 55,190 |
| Management of companies and enterprises | 54,800 |
| Local government | 52,080 |
| State government | 48,480 |
According to a July 2009 salary survey conducted by the National Association of Colleges and Employers, bachelor's degree candidates majoring in human resources, including labor and industrial relations, received starting offers averaging $45,170 a year. “Information courtesy of the US Bureau of Labor and Statistics”
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