Onboarding Specialist Salary in the United States

How much does an Onboarding Specialist make in the United States?

As of January 01, 2026, the average salary for an Onboarding Specialist in the United States is $36,784 per year, which breaks down to an hourly rate of $18.

However, an Onboarding Specialist's salary can vary significantly. Here’s a look at the typical salary range:

  • Top Earners (90th percentile): $40,582
  • Majority Range (25th-75th percentile): $32,794 to $38,772
  • Entry-Level (10th percentile): $29,162
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Onboarding Specialist Salaries by Percentile

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Monthly
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75th Percentile $38,772 $3,231 $746 $19
Average $36,784 $3,065 $707 $18
25th Percentile $32,794 $2,733 $631 $16
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Key Factors That Influence Onboarding Specialist Salaries

An Onboarding Specialist'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 Onboarding Specialist Salaries?

Experience is a primary driver of an Onboarding Specialist'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): $35,842
  • Early Career (1-2 years): $36,119
  • Mid-Level (2-4 years): $36,507
  • Senior-Level (5-8 years): $37,120
  • Expert (over 8 years): $37,710
Levels Salary
Entry Level Onboarding Specialist$35,842
Intermediate Level Onboarding Specialist$36,119
Senior Level Onboarding Specialist$36,507
Specialist Level Onboarding Specialist$37,120
Expert Level Onboarding Specialist$37,710
$35,842 0 yr
$36,119 < 2 yrs
$36,507 2-4 yrs
$37,120 5-8 yrs
$37,710 > 8 yrs
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Top Paying Cities for Onboarding Specialists

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:

  • San Jose: $46,396
  • San Francisco: $45,940
  • Oakland: $44,921

What Skills Can Increase an Onboarding Specialist's Salary?

Demanded Skills for the Role:

  • Confidentiality (Mentioned in 4.27% Job Postings): The process of and obligation to apply and enforce rules and practices that ensure that specific types of information are accessible only to those authorized to use it.
  • Infection Control (Mentioned in 4.46% Job Postings): Infection control is the discipline concerned with preventing nosocomial or healthcare-associated infection, a practical (rather than academic) sub-discipline of epidemiology. It is an essential, though often underrecognized and undersupported, part of the infrastructure of health care. Infection control and hospital epidemiology are akin to public health practice, practiced within the confines of a particular health-care delivery system rather than directed at society as a whole. Anti-infective agents include antibiotics, antibacterials, antifungals, antivirals and antiprotozoals. Infection control addresses factors related to the spread of infections within the healthcare setting (whether patient-to-patient, from patients to staff and from staff to patients, or among-staff), including prevention (via hand hygiene/hand washing, cleaning/disinfection/sterilization, vaccination, surveillance), monitoring/investigation of demonstrated or suspected spread of infection within a particular health-care setting (surveillance and outbreak investigation), and management (interruption of outbreaks). It is on this basis that the common title being adopted within health care is "infection prevention and control."
  • Emergency Services (Mentioned in 2.09% Job Postings): Emergency Services are the public organizations that respond to and deal with emergencies when they occur, especially those that provide police, ambulance, and firefighting services.
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Skills Demand Percentage
Confidentiality 4.27%
Infection Control 4.46%
Emergency Services 2.09%
What skills can make your compensation higher?
Mastering certain specialized skills can lead to a significant increase in pay. Here are examples of skills and the potential impact they can have on an Onboarding Specialist's salary.
  • Crisis Management: Can increase your salary by up to 135%.
  • Service Excellence: Can increase your salary by up to 24%.
  • Emergency Medical Services: Can increase your salary by up to 16%.
Skill Salary Salary % Increase
Crisis Management
$86,442
135%
Service Excellence
$45,612
24%
Emergency Medical Services
$42,669
16%
Dedication
$40,830
11%
Written Communication
$40,830
11%
Leadership
$40,462
10%
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Onboarding Specialist Salary: Hourly Rate, Weekly Pay, and Monthly Pay

Understanding how an Onboarding Specialist'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

Salary Trends for Onboarding Specialist

Salaries for an Onboarding Specialist can change over time, reflecting shifts in market demand and the overall economy. The median salary increased from $50,583 in 2023 to around $51,214 in 2025, reflecting changes in demand, location, experience, and the wider economy. For a detailed analysis of Onboarding Specialist salary trends, .

Average Annual Salary of Onboarding Specialist Over Time

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$51,386
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