Human Resources Generalist Salary in Wisconsin

How much does a Human Resources Generalist make in Wisconsin?

As of May 01, 2026, the average salary for a Human Resources Generalist in Wisconsin is $73,231 per year, which breaks down to an hourly rate of $35.

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

Top Earners (90th percentile): $87,368
Majority Range (25th-75th percentile): $65,501 to $80,631
Entry-Level (10th percentile): $58,464

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Human Resources Generalist Salaries by Percentile

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$80,631	$6,719	$1,551	$39
Average	$73,231	$6,103	$1,408	$35
25th Percentile	$65,501	$5,458	$1,260	$31

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Key Factors That Influence Human Resources Generalist Salaries

A Human Resources Generalist'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 Generalist Salaries?

Experience is a primary driver of a Human Resources Generalist'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): $58,524
Early Career (1-2 years): $72,686
Mid-Level (2-4 years): $89,120
Senior-Level (5-8 years): $107,563
Expert (over 8 years): $104,702

Levels	Salary
Human Res... Level Human Resources Generalist	$58,524
Human Res... Level Human Resources Generalist	$72,686
Human Res... Level Human Resources Generalist	$89,120
Human Res... Level Human Resources Generalist	$107,563
Human Res... Level Human Resources Generalist	$104,702

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How Do Human Resources Generalist 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 Generalists. For example, consider the average annual salaries in these key locations:

District of Columbia: $82,424.
California: $82,112.
Massachusetts: $81,017.

District of Columbia $82,424 California $82,112 Massachusetts $81,017 Washington $80,720 New Jersey $80,690 Alaska $80,586 Connecticut $79,558 New York $79,141

Hawaii $77,809 Rhode Island $77,184 Maryland $76,759 Minnesota $76,179 Colorado $75,955 Illinois $75,881 Oregon $75,598 Delaware $75,389

New Hampshire $75,258 Virginia $74,965 Pennsylvania $74,109 Nevada $73,677 North Dakota $73,536 Michigan $73,312 Wisconsin $73,231 Vermont $73,067

Texas $72,613 Maine $72,583 Arizona $72,538 Ohio $72,486 Georgia $71,801 Indiana $71,459 Wyoming $71,392 Utah $71,288

Iowa $71,243 Kansas $70,886 Louisiana $70,781 North Carolina $70,744 Missouri $70,729 Florida $70,439 Montana $70,283 Nebraska $70,134

Kentucky $70,052 South Carolina $69,754 Tennessee $69,568 Idaho $69,493 New Mexico $68,950 Oklahoma $68,831 Alabama $68,392 South Dakota $67,655

Arkansas $67,253 West Virginia $67,037 Mississippi $66,389

Top Paying Cities for Human Resources Generalists

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:

Green Lake: $71,232
Greenville: $71,910
Hancock: $70,602

Green Lake, WI $71,232 Greenville, WI $71,910 Hancock, WI $70,602 Hortonville, WI $71,759 Iola, WI $70,915 King, WI $71,458 Larsen, WI $71,627 Leopolis, WI $70,828

Manawa, WI $71,179 Marion, WI $70,959 Menasha, WI $71,969 Neenah, WI $71,838 Neshkoro, WI $70,976 New London, WI $71,463 Ogdensburg, WI $71,019 Omro, WI $71,369

Pickett, WI $71,428 Pine River, WI $71,152 Plainfield, WI $70,733 Poy Sippi, WI $71,201 Princeton, WI $71,062 Readfield, WI $71,555 Redgranite, WI $71,221 Ripon, WI $71,358

Rosendale, WI $71,393 Saxeville, WI $71,074 Scandinavia, WI $70,972 Tilleda, WI $70,720 Van Dyne, WI $71,483 Waukau, WI $71,358 Waupaca, WI $71,167 Wautoma, WI $71,001

Weyauwega, WI $71,289 Wild Rose, WI $71,023 Winnebago, WI $71,646 Winneconne, WI $71,480 Wilson, WI $72,651 Boyd, WI $70,770 Cadott, WI $70,821 Chetek, WI $70,629

Chippewa Falls, WI $70,973 Colfax, WI $70,887 Conrath, WI $70,487 Cornell, WI $70,669 Dallas, WI $71,035 Downing, WI $72,311 Downsville, WI $71,786 Durand, WI $71,717

Eau Galle, WI $71,559 Eleva, WI $71,049 Elk Mound, WI $70,892 Elmwood, WI $72,246 Fairchild, WI $70,963 Fall Creek, WI $71,005 Gilmanton, WI $71,373 Holcombe, WI $70,548

Humbird, WI $70,884 Independence, WI $71,167 Jim Falls, WI $70,728 Knapp, WI $72,273 Maiden Rock, WI $72,361 Menomonie, WI $71,718 Merrillan, WI $70,786 Mondovi, WI $71,193

Nelson, WI $72,042 New Auburn, WI $70,601 Osseo, WI $71,215 Pepin, WI $72,610 Pigeon Falls, WI $71,374 Plum City, WI $72,264 Prairie Farm, WI $71,648 Ridgeland, WI $71,264

Rock Falls, WI $70,923 Sand Creek, WI $70,640 Sheldon, WI $70,456 Spring Valley, WI $72,701 Stanley, WI $70,789 Stockholm, WI $72,780 Strum, WI $71,168 Thorp, WI $70,755

Wheeler, WI $71,419 Whitehall, WI $71,075 Spooner, WI $70,434 Almena, WI $71,420 Ashland, WI $70,364 Balsam Lake, WI $72,585 Barron, WI $70,972 Barronett, WI $70,464

Bayfield, WI $70,365 Benoit, WI $70,262 Birchwood, WI $70,338 Brill, WI $70,633 Bruce, WI $70,419 Brule, WI $71,022 Cable, WI $70,119 Cameron, WI $70,650

Centuria, WI $72,983 Comstock, WI $71,614 Cornucopia, WI $70,459 Couderay, WI $70,155 Cumberland, WI $71,088 Danbury, WI $70,855 Drummond, WI $70,327 Edgewater, WI $70,297

Exeland, WI $70,207 Foxboro, WI $71,274 Frederic, WI $71,482 Gordon, WI $70,682 Grand View, WI $70,184 Grantsburg, WI $71,917 Haugen, WI $70,709 Hawthorne, WI $71,255

Hayward, WI $70,207 Herbster, WI $70,556 Hertel, WI $70,454 High Bridge, WI $70,259 Iron River, WI $70,763 Ladysmith, WI $70,425 Lake Nebagamon, WI $71,097 La Pointe, WI $70,245

Luck, WI $72,310 Maple, WI $71,264 Marengo, WI $70,230 Mason, WI $70,239 Mikana, WI $70,625 Milltown, WI $72,612 Minong, WI $70,651 Odanah, WI $70,524

Ojibwa, WI $70,085 Glidden, WI $70,111 Harshaw, WI $70,437 Hawkins, WI $70,303 Hazelhurst, WI $70,448 Heafford Junction, WI $70,507 Hurley, WI $70,306 Iron Belt, WI $70,175

Kennan, WI $70,314 Lac Du Flambeau, WI $70,429 Lake Tomahawk, WI $70,469 Land O Lakes, WI $70,374 Laona, WI $70,413 Long Lake, WI $70,220 Mc Naughton, WI $70,477 Manitowish Waters, WI $70,369

Mellen, WI $70,140 Mercer, WI $70,245 Minocqua, WI $70,503 Montreal, WI $70,325 Park Falls, WI $70,297 Phelps, WI $70,373 Phillips, WI $70,329 Prentice, WI $70,383

Presque Isle, WI $70,340 Saint Germain, WI $70,517 Saxon, WI $70,202 Sayner, WI $70,421 Star Lake, WI $70,238 Three Lakes, WI $70,434 Tony, WI $70,415 Tripoli, WI $70,264

Upson, WI $69,966 Wabeno, WI $70,419 Woodruff, WI $70,533 La Crosse, WI $70,037 Alma, WI $71,821 Alma Center, WI $70,874 Arcadia, WI $71,133 Arkdale, WI $70,606

Bangor, WI $70,190 Black River Falls, WI $70,644 Blair, WI $70,859 Camp Douglas, WI $70,710 Cashton, WI $70,266 Cataract, WI $70,379 Chaseburg, WI $70,152 Cochrane, WI $71,697

Coon Valley, WI $70,124 De Soto, WI $70,274 Dodge, WI $70,934 Eastman, WI $70,473 Ettrick, WI $70,408 Ferryville, WI $70,388 Fountain City, WI $71,387 Galesville, WI $70,623

Gays Mills, WI $70,609 Genoa, WI $70,204 Hillsboro, WI $70,860 Hixton, WI $70,874 Holmen, WI $70,200 Hustler, WI $70,968 Kendall, WI $70,773 La Farge, WI $70,664

Lynxville, WI $70,479 Mather, WI $70,625 Melrose, WI $70,395 Millston, WI $70,474 Mindoro, WI $70,250 Mount Sterling, WI $70,725 Necedah, WI $70,633 Norwalk, WI $70,350

Oakdale, WI $70,714 Onalaska, WI $70,091 Ontario, WI $70,658 Readstown, WI $70,584 Rockland, WI $70,177 Seneca, WI $70,794 Soldiers Grove, WI $70,662 Sparta, WI $70,323

Steuben, WI $70,600 Stoddard, WI $70,094 Taylor, WI $70,720 Tomah, WI $70,749 Trempealeau, WI $70,614 Palmyra, WI $72,210 Tunnel City, WI $70,715 Viola, WI $70,709

Viroqua, WI $70,268 Warrens, WI $70,604 Westby, WI $70,232 West Salem, WI $70,127 Wilton, WI $70,710 Eau Claire, WI $71,167 Altoona, WI $71,264 Arkansaw, WI $72,011

Augusta, WI $70,989 Bay City, WI $72,666 Bloomer, WI $70,745 Boyceville, WI $71,861 Glen Flora, WI $70,300 Wales, WI $73,198 Bagley, WI $70,485 Beetown, WI $70,556

Benton, WI $70,834 Bloomington, WI $70,568 Boscobel, WI $70,720 Cassville, WI $70,484 Cuba City, WI $70,708 Dickeyville, WI $70,768 Fennimore, WI $70,805 Glen Haven, WI $70,446

Hazel Green, WI $70,594 Kieler, WI $70,788 Lancaster, WI $70,644 Mount Hope, WI $70,557 Patch Grove, WI $70,812 Platteville, WI $70,944 Potosi, WI $70,504 Prairie Du Chien, WI $70,657

Sinsinawa, WI $70,565 Stitzer, WI $70,783 Wauzeka, WI $70,592 Woodman, WI $70,515 Portage, WI $72,068 Adams, WI $70,931 Arlington, WI $72,797 Baraboo, WI $72,074

Beaver Dam, WI $72,009 Brandon, WI $71,242 Briggsville, WI $71,620 Burnett, WI $71,523 Cambria, WI $71,967 Cazenovia, WI $70,989 Columbus, WI $72,576 Dalton, WI $71,557

Dellwood, WI $70,692 Doylestown, WI $72,463 Elroy, WI $70,793 Endeavor, WI $71,530 Fairwater, WI $71,381 Fall River, WI $72,371 Fox Lake, WI $71,654 Friendship, WI $70,717

Friesland, WI $71,875 Grand Marsh, WI $70,962 Hillpoint, WI $71,404 Kingston, WI $71,625 Lake Delton, WI $71,809 La Valle, WI $71,087 Lime Ridge, WI $71,353 Loganville, WI $71,568

Lyndon Station, WI $71,183 Markesan, WI $71,279 Marquette, WI $71,525 Mauston, WI $70,914 Montello, WI $71,277 New Lisbon, WI $70,718 North Freedom, WI $72,109 Oxford, WI $71,289

Packwaukee, WI $71,573 Pardeeville, WI $72,111 Poynette, WI $72,568 Randolph, WI $71,965 Reedsburg, WI $71,547 Rio, WI $72,491 Rock Springs, WI $71,642 Union Center, WI $71,113

Waupun, WI $71,391 Westfield, WI $70,947 Wisconsin Dells, WI $71,514 Wonewoc, WI $70,845 Wyocena, WI $72,273 Amery, WI $73,002 Baldwin, WI $73,440 Beldenville, WI $73,305

Clayton, WI $72,047 Clear Lake, WI $72,627 Cushing, WI $72,756 Deer Park, WI $73,149 Dresser, WI $73,641 East Ellsworth, WI $73,119 Ellsworth, WI $73,239 Glenwood City, WI $72,788

Hager City, WI $73,426 Hammond, WI $74,306 Hudson, WI $75,482 New Richmond, WI $74,485 Osceola, WI $74,677 Prescott, WI $74,882 River Falls, WI $74,789 Roberts, WI $74,768

Saint Croix Falls, WI $73,205 Somerset, WI $75,186 Star Prairie, WI $74,288 Pell Lake, WI $72,014 Pleasant Prairie, WI $72,081 Powers Lake, WI $72,137 Rochester, WI $72,427 Salem, WI $72,194

Silver Lake, WI $72,212 Somers, WI $71,993 South Milwaukee, WI $74,123 Springfield, WI $72,045 Sturtevant, WI $72,007 Sullivan, WI $72,379 Trevor, WI $72,229 Twin Lakes, WI $72,197

Union Grove, WI $72,163 Walworth, WI $71,894 Radisson, WI $70,175 Waterford, WI $72,809 Waukesha, WI $73,915 Whitewater, WI $71,798 Williams Bay, WI $71,824 Wilmot, WI $72,225

Woodworth, WI $72,137 Zenda, WI $71,821 Milwaukee, WI $74,526 Saint Francis, WI $74,493 Racine, WI $71,958 Afton, WI $71,748 Albany, WI $72,237 Arena, WI $72,262

Argyle, WI $71,834 Avalon, WI $71,759 Avoca, WI $71,346 Barneveld, WI $72,268 Belleville, WI $72,714 Belmont, WI $71,142 Beloit, WI $71,682 Black Earth, WI $72,718

Blanchardville, WI $72,023 Blue Mounds, WI $72,503 Blue River, WI $70,694 Brodhead, WI $71,745 Brooklyn, WI $72,749 Browntown, WI $71,270 Cambridge, WI $72,714 Gile, WI $70,542

Clinton, WI $71,800 Wausau, WI $70,775 Marshfield, WI $70,806 Abbotsford, WI $70,736 Amherst, WI $70,924 Amherst Junction, WI $70,845 Aniwa, WI $70,498 Antigo, WI $70,568

Arpin, WI $70,666 Athens, WI $70,574 Auburndale, WI $70,631 Babcock, WI $70,521 Birnamwood, WI $70,540 Blenker, WI $70,621 Bowler, WI $70,677 Brokaw, WI $70,681

Bryant, WI $70,415 Chili, WI $70,720 Colby, WI $70,698 Curtiss, WI $70,666 Custer, WI $70,745 Deerbrook, WI $70,411 Dorchester, WI $70,670 Edgar, WI $70,629

Eland, WI $70,621 Elcho, WI $70,445 Elderon, WI $70,663 Elton, WI $70,506 Galloway, WI $70,730 Gilman, WI $70,511 Jump River, WI $70,449 Gleason, WI $70,426

Granton, WI $70,717 Greenwood, WI $70,753 Hannibal, WI $70,499 Hatley, WI $70,593 Hewitt, WI $70,932 Irma, WI $70,458 Junction City, WI $70,594 Loyal, WI $70,746

Lublin, WI $70,571 Marathon, WI $70,617 Mattoon, WI $70,758 Medford, WI $70,595 Merrill, WI $70,571 Milladore, WI $70,619 Mosinee, WI $70,665 Neillsville, WI $70,814

Nekoosa, WI $70,690 Nelsonville, WI $70,999 Ogema, WI $70,404 Owen, WI $70,681 Pearson, WI $70,387 Pelican Lake, WI $70,391 Phlox, WI $70,705 Woodville, WI $73,036

Houlton, WI $75,667 Abrams, WI $70,778 Amberg, WI $70,350 Armstrong Creek, WI $70,367 Athelstane, WI $70,395 Black Creek, WI $71,544 Bonduel, WI $70,974 Brillion, WI $71,480

Cecil, WI $70,865 Coleman, WI $70,717 Combined Locks, WI $72,019 Crivitz, WI $70,589 De Pere, WI $70,929 Dunbar, WI $70,321 Fence, WI $70,247 Florence, WI $70,350

Forest Junction, WI $71,684 Gillett, WI $70,813 Goodman, WI $70,364 Greenleaf, WI $71,201 Green Valley, WI $70,833 Gresham, WI $70,788 Hilbert, WI $71,658 Kaukauna, WI $71,931

Freedom, WI $71,841 Keshena, WI $70,864 Kimberly, WI $72,024 Krakow, WI $70,833 Lakewood, WI $70,481 Lena, WI $70,765 Little Chute, WI $72,021 Little Suamico, WI $70,760

Marinette, WI $70,805 Mountain, WI $70,522 Neopit, WI $70,691 Niagara, WI $70,427 Nichols, WI $71,228 Oconto, WI $70,758 Oconto Falls, WI $70,797 Oneida, WI $70,840

Pembine, WI $70,382 Peshtigo, WI $70,746 Porterfield, WI $70,561 Potter, WI $71,518 Pound, WI $70,640 Pulaski, WI $70,860 Pickerel, WI $70,453 Pittsville, WI $70,614

Plover, WI $70,851 Port Edwards, WI $70,889 Rib Lake, WI $70,501 Ringle, WI $70,571 Rosholt, WI $70,716 Rothschild, WI $70,841 Rudolph, WI $70,642 Schofield, WI $70,783

Spencer, WI $70,733 Stetsonville, WI $70,627 Stevens Point, WI $70,820 Stratford, WI $70,673 Summit Lake, WI $70,466 Tigerton, WI $70,787 Tomahawk, WI $70,510 Unity, WI $70,677

Vesper, WI $70,653 Westboro, WI $70,409 White Lake, WI $70,445 Willard, WI $70,737 Wisconsin Rapids, WI $70,778 Withee, WI $70,638 Wittenberg, WI $70,701 Rhinelander, WI $70,549

Argonne, WI $70,323 Boulder Junction, WI $70,367 Brantwood, WI $70,301 Butternut, WI $70,187 Catawba, WI $70,324 Clam Lake, WI $69,943 Conover, WI $70,403 Crandon, WI $70,513

Eagle River, WI $70,508 Fifield, WI $70,279 Poplar, WI $71,368 Port Wing, WI $70,781 Seymour, WI $71,142 Oak Creek, WI $73,622 Adell, WI $72,184 Allenton, WI $72,447

Ashippun, WI $72,680 Belgium, WI $72,892 Brookfield, WI $74,361 Brownsville, WI $71,464 Butler, WI $74,405 Campbellsport, WI $71,817 Cascade, WI $71,757 Cedarburg, WI $73,728

Cedar Grove, WI $72,557 Chilton, WI $71,521 Cleveland, WI $71,235 Clyman, WI $72,111 Colgate, WI $73,610 Delafield, WI $73,169 Eden, WI $71,442 Elkhart Lake, WI $71,436

Fredonia, WI $72,873 Germantown, WI $73,916 Glenbeulah, WI $71,401 Grafton, WI $73,741 Greenbush, WI $71,399 Hartford, WI $72,961 Hartland, WI $73,391 Hingham, WI $72,069

Horicon, WI $71,902 Hubertus, WI $73,512 Hustisford, WI $72,190 Iron Ridge, WI $72,297 Ixonia, WI $72,522 Jackson, WI $73,518 Johnson Creek, WI $72,299 Juneau, WI $71,901

Kewaskum, WI $72,478 Kiel, WI $71,311 Kohler, WI $71,619 Lannon, WI $74,019 Lebanon, WI $72,260 Lomira, WI $71,799 Malone, WI $71,460 Mayville, WI $71,823

Menomonee Falls, WI $74,130 Merton, WI $73,512 Mount Calvary, WI $71,521 Nashotah, WI $73,152 Neosho, WI $72,548 Newburg, WI $73,169 New Holstein, WI $71,420 Newton, WI $71,167

North Lake, WI $73,767 Oakfield, WI $71,331 Oconomowoc, WI $72,865 Okauchee, WI $73,073 Oostburg, WI $72,200 Pewaukee, WI $73,709 Plymouth, WI $71,533 Port Washington, WI $73,295

Random Lake, WI $72,527 Richfield, WI $73,551 Rubicon, WI $72,674 Saint Cloud, WI $71,514 Saukville, WI $73,385 Sheboygan, WI $71,824 Sheboygan Falls, WI $71,582 Slinger, WI $73,190

Stockbridge, WI $71,681 Sussex, WI $73,766 West Bend, WI $72,810 Theresa, WI $72,229 Thiensville, WI $74,272 Waldo, WI $72,004 Watertown, WI $72,208 Mequon, WI $74,081

Woodland, WI $72,362 Bassett, WI $72,198 Benet Lake, WI $72,130 Big Bend, WI $73,324 Bristol, WI $72,139 Burlington, WI $72,275 Caledonia, WI $72,545 Camp Lake, WI $72,220

Cudahy, WI $74,435 Darien, WI $71,879 Delavan, WI $71,848 Dousman, WI $72,668 Eagle, WI $72,535 Cobb, WI $71,386 Cottage Grove, WI $73,131 Cross Plains, WI $72,948

Dane, WI $72,943 Darlington, WI $71,346 Deerfield, WI $72,930 De Forest, WI $73,025 Dodgeville, WI $71,706 Edgerton, WI $72,555 Edmund, WI $71,542 Evansville, WI $72,356

Footville, WI $71,903 Fort Atkinson, WI $72,243 Gotham, WI $71,704 Gratiot, WI $71,026 Hanover, WI $71,888 Highland, WI $71,290 Hollandale, WI $72,138 Janesville, WI $71,945

Shawano, WI $70,905 Sherwood, WI $71,868 Shiocton, WI $71,363 Sobieski, WI $70,772 Suamico, WI $70,752 Suring, WI $70,664 Townsend, WI $70,513 Wausaukee, WI $70,471

Wrightstown, WI $71,656 Zachow, WI $70,887 Algoma, WI $70,757 Baileys Harbor, WI $70,562 Brussels, WI $70,749 Casco, WI $70,763 Collins, WI $71,318 Denmark, WI $70,848

Egg Harbor, WI $70,618 Ellison Bay, WI $70,498 Ephraim, WI $70,618 Fish Creek, WI $70,571 Forestville, WI $70,751 Francis Creek, WI $70,929 Kellnersville, WI $70,976 Kewaunee, WI $70,797

Luxemburg, WI $70,765 Manitowoc, WI $71,063 Maplewood, WI $70,738 Maribel, WI $70,932 Mishicot, WI $70,872 New Franken, WI $70,755 Reedsville, WI $71,121 Saint Nazianz, WI $71,261

Sister Bay, WI $70,576 Sturgeon Bay, WI $70,763 Tisch Mills, WI $70,840 Two Rivers, WI $70,866 Valders, WI $71,227 Washington Island, WI $70,457 Whitelaw, WI $70,979 Green Bay, WI $70,744

East Troy, WI $72,535 Elkhorn, WI $72,035 Elm Grove, WI $74,405 Fontana, WI $71,865 Franksville, WI $72,497 Genesee Depot, WI $73,056 Genoa City, WI $72,070 Greendale, WI $74,351

Hales Corners, WI $74,224 Franklin, WI $73,796 Helenville, WI $72,127 Honey Creek, WI $72,307 Kansasville, WI $72,282 Kenosha, WI $71,975 New Berlin, WI $73,991 Lake Geneva, WI $71,826

Lyons, WI $72,212 Mukwonago, WI $72,977 Muskego, WI $73,440 New Munster, WI $72,220 North Prairie, WI $72,938 Fremont, WI $71,422 Rice Lake, WI $70,568 Sarona, WI $70,396

Shell Lake, WI $70,456 Siren, WI $71,168 Solon Springs, WI $70,769 South Range, WI $71,436 Springbrook, WI $70,260 Stone Lake, WI $70,286 Superior, WI $71,512 Trego, WI $70,335

Turtle Lake, WI $71,929 Wascott, WI $70,697 Washburn, WI $70,426 Webster, WI $70,512 Weyerhaeuser, WI $70,397 Winter, WI $70,061 Oshkosh, WI $71,610 Almond, WI $70,836

Appleton, WI $72,025 Bancroft, WI $70,615 Bear Creek, WI $71,248 Berlin, WI $71,297 Big Falls, WI $71,084 Butte Des Morts, WI $71,573 Caroline, WI $70,892 Clintonville, WI $71,075

Coloma, WI $70,650 Dale, WI $71,703 Eldorado, WI $71,440 Embarrass, WI $71,051 Eureka, WI $71,317 Fond Du Lac, WI $71,788 Jefferson, WI $72,183 Juda, WI $71,655

Lake Mills, WI $72,529 Linden, WI $71,468 Livingston, WI $71,101 Lodi, WI $72,710 Lone Rock, WI $71,488 Lowell, WI $72,247 Mc Farland, WI $73,212 Marshall, WI $72,852

Mazomanie, WI $72,680 Merrimac, WI $72,394 Middleton, WI $73,159 Milton, WI $71,976 Mineral Point, WI $71,499 Monroe, WI $71,611 Montfort, WI $71,131 Monticello, WI $72,155

Morrisonville, WI $72,950 Mount Horeb, WI $72,607 Muscoda, WI $71,011 New Glarus, WI $72,450 Oregon, WI $73,090 Orfordville, WI $71,821 Plain, WI $71,705 Prairie Du Sac, WI $72,432

Reeseville, WI $72,394 Rewey, WI $71,181 Richland Center, WI $70,939 Ridgeway, WI $72,220 Sauk City, WI $72,453 Sextonville, WI $71,591 Sharon, WI $71,862 Shullsburg, WI $70,890

South Wayne, WI $71,177 Spring Green, WI $71,981 Stoughton, WI $72,951 Sun Prairie, WI $73,025 Verona, WI $73,005 Waterloo, WI $72,627 Waunakee, WI $73,188 Windsor, WI $73,142

Woodford, WI $71,599 Madison, WI $73,342

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

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Last Updated on May 01, 2026

$65,501

Average $73,231/year

$80,631

$5,458

Average $6,103/month

$6,719

$1,260

Average $1,408/week

$1,551

$31

Average $35/hour

$39

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$80,631	$6,719	$1,551	$39
Average	$73,231	$6,103	$1,408	$35
25th Percentile	$65,501	$5,458	$1,260	$31

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