Senior HR Specialist salary in New York, NY

Based on 41 certified H-1B filings at DOL wage level III in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Includes Jersey City, Edison, Somerset, Piscataway, Brooklyn.

Also listed as: Recruiter

Median salary$98,776
Middle 50%$95k–$111k
vs. all levels here+28%comparison median $76,980
Filings41FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $92,477 and $153,618.
PercentileSalary
10th$92,500
25th$95,000
50th (median)$98,776
75th$111,000
90th$135,000

Salary by year

Median salary

$70k $90k $110k FY2020: median $85,483 (40 filings) FY2021: median $85,000 (38 filings) FY2022: median $90,000 (35 filings) FY2023: median $102,500 (32 filings) FY2024: median $95,122 (30 filings) FY2025: median $98,941 (25 filings) FY2026: median $95,680 (16 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 40 filings FY20 FY2021: 38 filings FY21 FY2022: 35 filings FY22 FY2023: 32 filings FY23 FY2024: 30 filings FY24 FY2025: 25 filings FY25 FY2026: 16 filings FY26 40
Shaded: FY2025–FY2026, the years behind the figures above. Median shown for years with at least 10 filings. FY2026 covers Q1–Q3 only.
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Fiscal yearMedianP25P75Filings
FY2020$85,483$80,000$94,42140
FY2021$85,000$80,000$94,09338
FY2022$90,000$85,120$120,00035
FY2023$102,500$90,000$130,00032
FY2024$95,122$90,619$162,72830
FY2025$98,941$94,328$118,00025
FY2026$95,680$95,000$110,03816

Cost of living

New York's median senior HR Specialist salary of $98,776 is worth about $87,800 at national average prices.

Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024 (U.S. = 100; New York = 112.6).

Compared with all workers here

All Human Resources Specialists in the New York, NY area earned a median of $89,780 in May 2025 (52,370 employed). The H-1B median here is $98,776, 10% higher.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS metropolitan area estimates. BLS wages include some incentive pay; H-1B figures are base salary.

Employers filing at this level

EmployerMedianFilings
EYtoo few2
JPMorgan Chasetoo few2
Marymont Grouptoo few2
Orion Systems Integratorstoo few2

Employers with at least 2 filings here. Median shown at 10+ filings.

By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I $58,240 94
Mid-level · Level II $76,960 117
Senior · Level III $98,776 41
Expert · Level IV $146,249 44

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.

Minimum H-1B salary by level

Wage levelPrevailing wage (most common)Median offered salaryFilings
Entry-level · Level I$55,910$58,24094
Mid-level · Level II$74,194$76,960117
Senior · Level III$92,477$98,77641
Expert · Level IV$112,403$146,24944

The prevailing wage is the minimum an employer must pay for this job and area. Amounts vary by county within a metro and by wage source.