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Human Resources Managers salary in Salisbury, MD

Median pay for human resources managers in Salisbury, MD: $130,140/yr

Typical range (10th–90th percentile): $73,820 – $239,200 · about 120 employed locally

Above the typical metro median ($123,200) by +$6,940 (+6%).

What it's really worth in Salisbury

With Salisbury's cost of living at 93 (US=100), that $130,140 has the buying power of about $140,475 in an average-cost US metro.

Local context: median household income $72,964 · median home $429,483 · median rent $1,968/mo.

Full Salisbury cost of living & taxes →

How Salisbury ranks for this job

On raw pay, Salisbury, MD is 58th of the 185 metros we hold human resources managers wages for. Once Salisbury's cost of living is applied, it ranks 24th.

Pay here goes further than the headline number suggests — Salisbury is one of the places where human resources managers gain ground in real terms, because local costs are low relative to what the job pays.

What that salary buys in Salisbury

A median home in Salisbury, MD costs $429,483 — about 3.3× this salary, against a typical US metro figure of 4.7×. Buying is more attainable here than in the average metro on this income.

Median rent of $1,968/mo works out at 18% of gross pay — inside the conventional 30% affordability ceiling.

Where human resources managers earn more

Pay on its own is only half the picture, so each row shows what rent costs there relative to Salisbury.

MetroMedian payvs SalisburyRent vs Salisbury
San Jose, CA $212,030 +63% 1.8×
San Francisco, CA $196,760 +51% 1.7×
New York, NY $181,080 +39% 1.8×
Washington, DC $168,770 +30% 1.2×

Same job elsewhere in MD

MetroMedian payvs SalisburyRent vs Salisbury
Baltimore, MD $138,300 +6%
Hagerstown, MD $118,230 −9% 0.8×

Staying in MD keeps state income tax and licensing the same, which makes these the most directly comparable moves.

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Source: US BLS OEWS (May 2023) median annual wage; cost of living from BEA; home price and rent from Zillow; household income from US Census ACS. Rankings are across the 185 metros we hold wage data for in this occupation. Estimates for guidance only. See methodology.