Human Resources Associate Salary in Maine

How much does a Human Resources Associate make in Maine?

As of January 01, 2026, the average salary for a Human Resources Associate in Maine is $51,762 per year, which breaks down to an hourly rate of $25.

However, a Human Resources Associate's salary can vary significantly. Here’s a look at the typical salary range:

Top Earners (90th percentile): $66,386
Majority Range (25th-75th percentile): $46,456 to $59,417
Entry-Level (10th percentile): $41,625

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Human Resources Associate Salaries by Percentile

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$59,417	$4,951	$1,143	$29
Average	$51,762	$4,313	$995	$25
25th Percentile	$46,456	$3,871	$893	$22

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Key Factors That Influence Human Resources Associate Salaries

A Human Resources Associate's salary isn't a fixed number. It's shaped by several important factors. Below, we'll explore how your years of experience, geographic location and company size can directly affect your earning potential.

How Experience Level Affects Human Resources Associate Salaries?

Experience is a primary driver of a Human Resources Associate's salary. As you build your skills and take on more complex tasks, your compensation generally increases. Here's how the average salary grows at different career stages:

Entry-Level (less than 1 year): $43,081
Early Career (1-2 years): $51,199
Mid-Level (2-4 years): $59,303
Senior-Level (5-8 years): $103,384
Expert (over 8 years): $120,824

Levels	Salary
Human Res... Level Human Resources Associate	$43,081
Human Res... Level Human Resources Associate	$51,199
Human Res... Level Human Resources Associate	$59,303
Human Res... Level Human Resources Associate	$103,384
Human Res... Level Human Resources Associate	$120,824

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How Do Human Resources Associate Salaries Vary from State to State?

Your salary can change significantly depending on where you work. States with a higher cost of living and strong industrial sectors often pay more to attract Human Resources Associates. For example, consider the average annual salaries in these key locations:

District of Columbia: $58,780.
California: $58,557.
Massachusetts: $57,777.

District of Columbia $58,780 California $58,557 Massachusetts $57,777 Washington $57,564 New Jersey $57,543 Alaska $57,469 Connecticut $56,736 New York $56,439

Hawaii $55,489 Rhode Island $55,043 Maryland $54,740 Minnesota $54,326 Colorado $54,167 Illinois $54,114 Oregon $53,912 Delaware $53,763

New Hampshire $53,670 Virginia $53,461 Pennsylvania $52,850 Nevada $52,542 North Dakota $52,441 Michigan $52,282 Wisconsin $52,224 Vermont $52,107

Texas $51,783 Maine $51,762 Arizona $51,730 Ohio $51,693 Georgia $51,204 Indiana $50,960 Wyoming $50,912 Utah $50,838

Iowa $50,806 Kansas $50,551 Louisiana $50,477 North Carolina $50,450 Missouri $50,440 Florida $50,233 Montana $50,121 Nebraska $50,015

Kentucky $49,957 South Carolina $49,744 Tennessee $49,612 Idaho $49,558 New Mexico $49,171 Oklahoma $49,086 Alabama $48,773 South Dakota $48,247

Arkansas $47,961 West Virginia $47,807 Mississippi $47,345

Top Paying Cities for Human Resources Associates

Salaries can also vary between different cities. Major metropolitan areas or cities with a high demand for technicians often offer more competitive pay. Here are a few examples of average annual salaries in different U.S. cities:

Freedom: $50,323
Harmony: $50,323
Hartland: $50,323

Freedom, ME $50,323 Harmony, ME $50,323 Hartland, ME $50,323 Hinckley, ME $50,323 Jackman, ME $50,323 Kingfield, ME $50,323 Liberty, ME $50,323 Madison, ME $50,323

Monroe, ME $50,535 Morrill, ME $50,323 Newport, ME $50,429 New Portland, ME $50,323 New Sharon, ME $50,323 New Vineyard, ME $50,323 Norridgewock, ME $50,323 North Anson, ME $50,323

North Vassalboro, ME $50,323 Oakland, ME $50,323 Oquossoc, ME $51,613 Palmyra, ME $50,323 Phillips, ME $51,613 Pittsfield, ME $50,323 Plymouth, ME $50,466 Rangeley, ME $51,613

Portland, ME $53,439 Falmouth, ME $53,439 South Portland, ME $53,439 Cape Elizabeth, ME $53,439 Peaks Island, ME $53,439 Cumberland Foreside, ME $53,439 Auburn, ME $52,908 Andover, ME $52,908

Bethel, ME $52,908 Bryant Pond, ME $52,908 Buckfield, ME $52,908 Canton, ME $52,908 Durham, ME $53,121 Danville, ME $52,908 Dixfield, ME $52,908 Dryden, ME $52,908

East Andover, ME $52,908 East Dixfield, ME $52,908 East Livermore, ME $52,908 East Poland, ME $52,908 Stoneham, ME $52,908 East Wilton, ME $51,613 Greene, ME $52,908 Hanover, ME $52,908

Hebron, ME $52,908 Jay, ME $52,908 Lewiston, ME $52,908 Lisbon, ME $52,908 Lisbon Falls, ME $52,908 Livermore, ME $52,908 Livermore Falls, ME $52,908 Greenwood, ME $52,908

Mechanic Falls, ME $52,908 Mexico, ME $52,908 Minot, ME $52,908 Monmouth, ME $52,908 New Gloucester, ME $53,052 Newry, ME $52,908 North Jay, ME $52,908 Leeds, ME $52,908

North Monmouth, ME $52,908 North Turner, ME $52,908 North Waterford, ME $52,908 Norway, ME $52,908 Oxford, ME $52,908 Paris, ME $52,908 Poland, ME $52,908 Roxbury, ME $52,908

Rumford, ME $52,908 Sabattus, ME $52,908 South Paris, ME $52,908 Turner, ME $52,908 Wayne, ME $52,908 Weld, ME $52,908 West Bethel, ME $52,908 Bowdoin, ME $52,908

West Minot, ME $52,908 West Paris, ME $52,908 Peru, ME $52,908 West Poland, ME $52,908 Sumner, ME $52,908 Wilton, ME $52,908 Augusta, ME $51,613 Coopers Mills, ME $51,613

Dresden, ME $52,908 East Winthrop, ME $52,908 Farmingdale, ME $52,908 Gardiner, ME $52,908 Randolph, ME $52,908 Hallowell, ME $52,908 Jefferson, ME $51,613 Kents Hill, ME $52,908

Litchfield, ME $52,908 Manchester, ME $52,908 Mount Vernon, ME $51,613 Whitefield, ME $52,908 Palermo, ME $50,323 Sebasco Estates, ME $53,015 Readfield, ME $52,908 Saint Albans, ME $50,323

South Bristol, ME $52,908 Squirrel Island, ME $52,908 Trevett, ME $52,908 Waldoboro, ME $52,908 Walpole, ME $52,908 Washington, ME $50,323 West Boothbay Harbor, ME $52,908 Southport, ME $52,908

Wiscasset, ME $52,908 Woolwich, ME $52,908 Ellsworth, ME $50,360 Addison, ME $50,323 Gouldsboro, ME $50,323 Bar Harbor, ME $50,323 Beals, ME $50,323 Bernard, ME $50,323

Birch Harbor, ME $50,323 Blue Hill, ME $50,323 Brooklin, ME $50,323 Brooksville, ME $50,323 Calais, ME $50,323 Cherryfield, ME $50,323 Columbia Falls, ME $50,323 Corea, ME $50,323

Cranberry Isles, ME $50,323 Cutler, ME $50,323 Deer Isle, ME $50,323 Dennysville, ME $50,323 East Blue Hill, ME $50,323 East Machias, ME $50,323 Eastport, ME $50,323 Franklin, ME $50,323

Frenchboro, ME $50,323 Grand Lake Stream, ME $50,323 Hancock, ME $50,323 Harborside, ME $50,323 Harrington, ME $50,323 Hulls Cove, ME $50,323 Isle Au Haut, ME $50,323 Islesford, ME $50,323

Jonesboro, ME $50,323 Jonesport, ME $50,323 Little Deer Isle, ME $50,323 Lubec, ME $50,323 Bass Harbor, ME $50,323 Machias, ME $50,323 Machiasport, ME $50,323 Meddybemps, ME $50,323

Milbridge, ME $50,323 Mount Desert, ME $50,323 Northeast Harbor, ME $50,323 Sullivan, ME $50,323 Pembroke, ME $50,323 Perry, ME $50,323 Princeton, ME $50,323 Prospect Harbor, ME $50,323

Robbinston, ME $50,323 Salsbury Cove, ME $50,323 Sargentville, ME $50,323 Seal Cove, ME $50,323 Seal Harbor, ME $50,323 Sedgwick, ME $50,323 Sorrento, ME $50,323 Southwest Harbor, ME $50,323

Steuben, ME $50,323 Stonington, ME $50,323 Sunset, ME $50,323 Surry, ME $50,323 Swans Island, ME $50,323 Wesley, ME $50,323 Whiting, ME $50,323 Winter Harbor, ME $50,323

Baileyville, ME $50,323 Houlton, ME $50,323 Ashland, ME $50,323 Benedicta, ME $50,323 Blaine, ME $50,323 Bridgewater, ME $50,323 Caribou, ME $50,323 Clayton Lake, ME $50,323

Crouseville, ME $50,323 Eagle Lake, ME $50,323 Easton, ME $50,323 Estcourt Station, ME $50,323 Fort Fairfield, ME $50,323 Fort Kent, ME $50,323 Fort Kent Mills, ME $50,323 Frenchville, ME $50,323

Grand Isle, ME $50,323 Island Falls, ME $50,323 Limestone, ME $50,323 Madawaska, ME $50,323 Mapleton, ME $50,323 Richmond, ME $52,908 South China, ME $50,323 South Gardiner, ME $52,908

Vienna, ME $51,613 Windsor, ME $51,613 Winthrop, ME $52,908 Bangor, ME $50,854 Abbot, ME $50,323 Aurora, ME $50,360 Bradford, ME $50,642 Bradley, ME $50,854

Brewer, ME $50,854 Brookton, ME $50,323 Brownville, ME $50,323 Brownville Junction, ME $50,323 Bucksport, ME $50,604 Burlington, ME $50,323 Greenbush, ME $50,535 Carmel, ME $50,748

Castine, ME $50,323 Charleston, ME $50,498 Danforth, ME $50,323 Dover Foxcroft, ME $50,323 Corinth, ME $50,748 Eddington, ME $50,854 Holden, ME $50,854 East Millinocket, ME $50,323

East Orland, ME $50,498 Etna, ME $50,679 Exeter, ME $50,572 Frankfort, ME $50,572 Greenville, ME $50,323 Greenville Junction, ME $50,323 Guilford, ME $50,323 Hampden, ME $50,854

Howland, ME $50,323 Hudson, ME $50,817 Kenduskeag, ME $50,854 Kingman, ME $50,323 Lagrange, ME $50,429 Lambert Lake, ME $50,323 Lee, ME $50,323 Levant, ME $50,854

Lincoln, ME $50,323 Mattawamkeag, ME $50,323 Medway, ME $50,323 Milford, ME $50,854 Millinocket, ME $50,323 Milo, ME $50,323 Monson, ME $50,323 Olamon, ME $50,466

Old Town, ME $50,854 Orono, ME $50,854 Orient, ME $50,323 Orland, ME $50,498 Orrington, ME $50,854 Passadumkeag, ME $50,323 Penobscot, ME $50,323 Rockwood, ME $50,323

Sangerville, ME $50,323 Sebec, ME $50,323 Shirley Mills, ME $50,323 Springfield, ME $50,323 Stetson, ME $50,604 Stillwater, ME $50,785 Topsfield, ME $50,323 Vanceboro, ME $50,323

Waite, ME $50,323 West Enfield, ME $50,323 Winn, ME $50,323 Winterport, ME $50,711 Wytopitlock, ME $50,323 Bath, ME $52,908 Alna, ME $52,908 Boothbay, ME $52,908

Boothbay Harbor, ME $52,908 Bristol, ME $52,908 Chamberlain, ME $52,908 Damariscotta, ME $52,908 East Boothbay, ME $52,908 Friendship, ME $52,908 Georgetown, ME $52,908 Isle Of Springs, ME $52,908

Bremen, ME $52,908 Newcastle, ME $52,908 New Harbor, ME $52,908 Nobleboro, ME $52,908 Edgecomb, ME $52,908 Pemaquid, ME $52,908 Phippsburg, ME $52,908 Cushing, ME $52,908

Round Pond, ME $52,908 Sandy Point, ME $50,392 Searsmont, ME $50,323 Searsport, ME $50,323 Shawmut, ME $50,323 Skowhegan, ME $50,323 Smithfield, ME $50,323 Solon, ME $50,323

Stockton Springs, ME $50,323 Stratton, ME $50,323 Strong, ME $50,323 Temple, ME $51,613 West Forks, ME $50,323 Thorndike, ME $50,323 Troy, ME $50,323 Unity, ME $50,323

Vassalboro, ME $50,323 West Farmington, ME $51,613 Berwick, ME $55,796 Cape Neddick, ME $55,871 Eliot, ME $55,919 Kittery, ME $55,919 Kittery Point, ME $55,919 North Berwick, ME $55,743

Ogunquit, ME $55,770 South Berwick, ME $55,871 York, ME $55,919 York Beach, ME $55,919 York Harbor, ME $55,919 Acton, ME $53,604 Alfred, ME $53,843 Bailey Island, ME $53,296

Bar Mills, ME $53,296 Biddeford, ME $53,190 Biddeford Pool, ME $53,227 Bowdoinham, ME $52,908 Bridgton, ME $52,908 Brownfield, ME $52,908 Brunswick, ME $52,977 Bustins Island, ME $53,333

Cape Porpoise, ME $54,129 Casco, ME $52,908 Center Lovell, ME $52,908 Chebeague Island, ME $53,439 Cliff Island, ME $53,439 Cornish, ME $52,908 Cumberland Center, ME $53,439 Denmark, ME $52,908

East Baldwin, ME $52,908 Lebanon, ME $53,938 East Parsonsfield, ME $53,131 Sebago, ME $52,908 East Waterboro, ME $53,689 Freeport, ME $53,264 Fryeburg, ME $52,908 Gorham, ME $53,439

Gray, ME $53,227 Harrison, ME $52,908 Hiram, ME $52,908 Hollis Center, ME $53,158 Kennebunk, ME $54,220 Kennebunkport, ME $54,193 Parsonsfield, ME $53,131 Limerick, ME $53,381

Limington, ME $53,238 Long Island, ME $53,439 Lovell, ME $52,908 Moody, ME $55,696 Naples, ME $52,908 Newfield, ME $53,466 North Bridgton, ME $52,908 North Waterboro, ME $53,577

Windham, ME $53,402 Ocean Park, ME $53,370 Old Orchard Beach, ME $53,402 Orrs Island, ME $53,190 Porter, ME $52,797 Pownal, ME $53,227 Scarborough, ME $53,439 Raymond, ME $53,084

Saco, ME $53,333 Sanford, ME $53,875 Sebago Lake, ME $52,977 Shapleigh, ME $53,625 South Casco, ME $53,121 South Freeport, ME $53,227 Harpswell, ME $53,190 South Windham, ME $53,439

Springvale, ME $53,816 Standish, ME $53,264 Steep Falls, ME $53,084 Topsham, ME $52,908 Waterboro, ME $53,763 Waterford, ME $52,908 Wells, ME $54,352 West Baldwin, ME $52,908

Westbrook, ME $53,439 Buxton, ME $53,190 West Kennebunk, ME $54,029 West Newfield, ME $53,344 Yarmouth, ME $53,439 North Yarmouth, ME $53,333 Mars Hill, ME $50,323 Monticello, ME $50,323

New Limerick, ME $50,323 New Sweden, ME $50,323 Oakfield, ME $50,323 Oxbow, ME $50,323 Patten, ME $50,323 Perham, ME $50,323 Portage, ME $50,323 Presque Isle, ME $50,323

Saint Agatha, ME $50,323 Saint David, ME $50,323 Saint Francis, ME $50,323 Sheridan, ME $50,323 Sherman, ME $50,323 Stacyville, ME $50,323 Sinclair, ME $50,323 Smyrna Mills, ME $50,323

Wallagrass, ME $50,323 Stockholm, ME $50,323 Van Buren, ME $50,323 Washburn, ME $50,323 Westfield, ME $50,323 Rockland, ME $50,323 Camden, ME $50,323 Glen Cove, ME $50,323

Hope, ME $50,323 Islesboro, ME $50,323 Lincolnville, ME $50,323 Lincolnville Center, ME $50,323 Matinicus, ME $51,613 Monhegan, ME $52,908 North Haven, ME $50,323 Owls Head, ME $50,323

Port Clyde, ME $52,908 Rockport, ME $50,323 South Thomaston, ME $50,323 Spruce Head, ME $51,613 Tenants Harbor, ME $52,908 Thomaston, ME $51,613 Union, ME $50,323 Vinalhaven, ME $50,323

Warren, ME $51,613 West Rockport, ME $50,323 Waterville, ME $50,323 Albion, ME $50,323 Anson, ME $50,323 Athens, ME $50,323 Belfast, ME $50,323 Belgrade, ME $51,613

Belgrade Lakes, ME $50,323 Bingham, ME $50,323 Brooks, ME $50,323 Burnham, ME $50,323 Cambridge, ME $50,323 Canaan, ME $50,323 Caratunk, ME $50,323 China Village, ME $50,323

Clinton, ME $50,323 Corinna, ME $50,392 Detroit, ME $50,360 Dexter, ME $50,323 Dixmont, ME $50,466 East Newport, ME $50,498 East Vassalboro, ME $50,323 Eustis, ME $50,323

Fairfield, ME $50,323 Farmington, ME $51,613 Garland, ME $50,466 Farmington Falls, ME $51,613

Human Resources Associate Salary: Hourly Rate, Weekly Pay, and Monthly Pay

Understanding how a Human Resources Associate's annual salary breaks down can help with budgeting. Below, you can see the average hourly rate, weekly pay, and monthly pay for this role. Use the buttons to switch between different pay periods.

Last Updated on January 01, 2026

$46,456

Average $51,762/year

$59,417

$3,871

Average $4,313/month

$4,951

$893

Average $995/week

$1,143

$22

Average $25/hour

$29

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$59,417	$4,951	$1,143	$29
Average	$51,762	$4,313	$995	$25
25th Percentile	$46,456	$3,871	$893	$22

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