California · 2025 pay · 16 people
How much does a human resources associate make in California?
$56,756typical pay for a human resources associate in 2025
$44,704 – $106,330what most people earned
Includes everyone paid during 2025, including part-year workers. Typical pay fell 30.4% from 2024.
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- California State Controller's Office · sco.ca.gov ↗
- California State Controller's Office · sco.ca.gov ↗
- California State Controller's Office · sco.ca.gov ↗
Where human resources associates work
Typical pay at each employer, 2025 (everyone paid).
Related jobs and the next step up
Same line of work at a different rank, by typical pay (full-year employees where we can tell).
- Human Resources Intern$13,441 (everyone)
- Human Resources Associate (this page)$56,756 (everyone)
- Human Resources Assistant$60,945 (everyone)
- Human Resources$76,788 (everyone)
- Senior Human Resources Assistant$87,585 (everyone)
- Human Resources Supervisor$143,800 (everyone)
- Manager Human Resources$146,946 (everyone)
- Human Resources Manager$151,803 (everyone)
- Human Resources Manager Senior$164,967 (everyone)
- Senior Human Resources Manager$241,052 (everyone)
Highest-paid human resources associates, 2025
Common questions
How much does a human resources associate make in California?
The typical human resources associate was paid $56,756 in 2025; most earned between $44,704 and $106,330. This counts all 16 people paid, including part-year workers.
How much of the pay is overtime?
Overtime made up 1.8% of all pay for human resources associates in 2025.
Which job titles are included?
Everyone whose payroll title is Human Resources Associate, at any level (for example "Human Resources Associate"). Part-time-schedule titles (such as "20 hours") are left out. Senior, supervising and trainee titles have their own pages.
Job titles are written out in full from the payroll's abbreviations (for example "SR CRRECTNL POLC OFCR" → "Senior Correctional Police Officer"). "Typical pay" is the median; "most earned" is the middle half. How we calculate this