HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGER / SALARY
AUSTRALIA

SALARY SURVEYS

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175,920 AUD

$119,839 USD

Sydney

178,756 AUD

179,092 AUD

$122,000 USD

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Average Salary / Human Resources Manager / Australia

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Average salary for Human Resources Manager / Australia is 175,920 AUD per year. The most typical earning is 179,092 AUD. All data are based on 63 salary surveys. Salaries are different between men and women. Men receive an average salary of 197,001 AUD. Women receive a salary of 166,027 AUD.

Based on education, the highest salaries receive people with Doctorate Degree with salary of 224,452 AUD. The second most paid education level is Masters Degree with salary of 183,936 AUD.

Different experiences affect earning as well. People with 16-20 Years of experience receive salary of 227,535 AUD. Employees with 12-16 Years of experience receive 211,974 AUD.

Levels / Human Resources Manager / Australia (Gross AUD)

Salary Levels (AUD) per Year	Surveys	[%]
14,700 AUD - 21,999 AUD	0	n/a
22,000 AUD - 29,399 AUD	0	n/a
29,400 AUD - 36,699 AUD	0	n/a
36,700 AUD - 43,999 AUD	1	100% 1.59%
44,000 AUD - 51,399 AUD	0	n/a
51,400 AUD - 58,699 AUD	2	98.41% 3.17%
58,700 AUD - 66,099 AUD	0	n/a
66,100 AUD - 73,399 AUD	0	n/a
73,400 AUD - 80,699 AUD	1	95.24% 1.59%
80,700 AUD - 88,099 AUD	0	n/a
88,100 AUD - 95,399 AUD	2	93.65% 3.17%
95,400 AUD - 102,799 AUD	2	90.48% 3.17%
102,800 AUD - 110,099 AUD	4	87.3% 6.35%
110,100 AUD - 117,399 AUD	1	80.95% 1.59%
117,400 AUD - 124,799 AUD	2	79.37% 3.17%
124,800 AUD - 132,099 AUD	2	76.19% 3.17%
132,100 AUD - 139,499 AUD	4	73.02% 6.35%
139,500 AUD - 146,799 AUD	5	66.67% 7.94%
146,800 AUD - 154,099 AUD	2	58.73% 3.17%
154,100 AUD - 161,499 AUD	2	55.56% 3.17%
161,500 AUD - 168,799 AUD	3	52.38% 4.76%
168,800 AUD - 176,199 AUD	4	47.62% 6.35%
THE MOST TYPICAL SALARY
176,200 AUD - 183,499 AUD	6	41.27% 9.52%
183,500 AUD - 190,799 AUD	1	31.75% 1.59%
190,800 AUD - 198,199 AUD	2	30.16% 3.17%
198,200 AUD - 205,499 AUD	0	n/a
205,500 AUD - 212,899 AUD	2	26.98% 3.17%
212,900 AUD - 220,199 AUD	0	n/a
HIGH SALARIES
220,200 AUD - 234,899 AUD	4	23.81% 6.35%
234,900 AUD - 249,599 AUD	2	17.46% 3.17%
249,600 AUD - 264,199 AUD	2	14.29% 3.17%
264,200 AUD - 278,899 AUD	2	11.11% 3.17%
278,900 AUD - 293,599 AUD	0	n/a
293,600 AUD - 308,299 AUD	1	7.94% 1.59%
308,300 AUD - 322,999 AUD	0	n/a
323,000 AUD - 337,599 AUD	0	n/a
337,600 AUD - 352,299 AUD	1	6.35% 1.59%
352,300 AUD - 366,999 AUD	1	4.76% 1.59%
367,000 AUD - 513,799 AUD	2	3.17% 3.17%

Gender / Human Resources Manager / Australia (Gross AUD)

#		Surveys		AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR
1	Men	22	197,001 AUD
2	Women	31	166,027 AUD

Education / Human Resources Manager / Australia (Gross AUD)

#		Surveys
1	Doctorate Degree	1	224,452 AUD
2	Masters Degree	17	183,936 AUD
3	Bachelors Degree	35	183,055 AUD
4	High School	5	143,127 AUD
5	Some College	5	121,401 AUD

Experience / Human Resources Manager / Australia (Gross AUD)

#		Surveys
1	16-20 Years	7	227,535 AUD
2	12-16 Years	9	211,974 AUD
3	20+ Years	14	196,267 AUD
4	8-12 Years	20	171,165 AUD
5	0-1 Year	1	131,383 AUD
6	2-4 Years	3	113,620 AUD
7	4-8 Years	8	112,152 AUD
8	1-2 Years	1	42,864 AUD

Age / Human Resources Manager / Australia (Gross AUD)

#		Surveys
1	41-45	5	242,802 AUD
2	51-55	6	213,442 AUD
3	56-60	4	209,919 AUD
4	46-50	8	193,625 AUD
5	36-40	11	188,193 AUD
6	61-65	1	167,935 AUD
7	n/a	10	160,449 AUD
8	31-35	10	151,788 AUD
9	21-25	1	131,383 AUD
10	26-30	7	100,996 AUD

Work Type / Human Resources Manager / Australia (Gross AUD)

#		Surveys
1	Self Employed	1	196,854 AUD
2	Permanent	54	176,449 AUD
3	Contract	7	175,422 AUD
4	Part Time	1	131,383 AUD

Cities / Human Resources Manager / Australia (Gross AUD)

#		Surveys
1	Perth	6	209,332 AUD
2	Canberra	3	203,901 AUD
3	Brisbane	9	182,762 AUD
4	Sydney	14	178,798 AUD
5	Melbourne	21	174,835 AUD
6	Adelaide	4	170,871 AUD
7	Cairns	1	167,935 AUD
8	Albury	1	155,898 AUD
9	Townsville	1	149,439 AUD
10	Newcastle	1	103,198 AUD
11	Gold Coast	1	92,775 AUD
12	--Other--	1	42,864 AUD

People's individual salary examples (surveys)

General Manager

Posted 22 August 2023
Key knowledge and tasks

"General 
Employee Relations
WHS
Organisational Design."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Adelaide	Bachelors Degree	12-16 Years	Advanced	271,400 AUD

Head Of Hr

Posted 13 July 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Generalist HR."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Brisbane	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	Advanced	143,700 AUD

Gm Hr

Posted 13 April 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"MBA (HR)."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Brisbane	Masters Degree	8-12 Years	Advanced	163,900 AUD

Head Of Rewards

Posted 21 February 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Oversee remuneration, performance, governance."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Melbourne	Bachelors Degree	16-20 Years	Expert	363,400 AUD

National Hrm

Posted 12 January 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"HR related all scale."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Melbourne	Masters Degree	2-4 Years	Advanced	103,000 AUD

Hr Professional

Posted 12 January 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"IR, HR generalist, reporting, workforce management."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Sydney	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	Advanced	183,100 AUD

Human Resource Manager

Posted 11 January 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Human Resources."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Perth	Bachelors Degree	8-12 Years	Advanced	196,900 AUD

Hr Director

Posted 13 July 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Industrial relations 
Law."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Melbourne	Masters Degree	12-16 Years	Advanced	179,700 AUD

Hr Director

Posted 12 July 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"IR, HR, ER."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Canberra	Masters Degree	8-12 Years	Expert	194,600 AUD

People & Culture Manager

Posted 22 November 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Recruitment
HR."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Sydney	Some College	8-12 Years	n/a	118,600 AUD

Hr Manager

Posted 15 September 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Policy, procedures, advisor, discipline, work force planning, budgettnig."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Perth	High School	8-12 Years	n/a	123,500 AUD

Human Resource Manager

Posted 08 July 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Income expenditure and day to day management and company contracts. IT, entrepreneurship."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
--Other--	Bachelors Degree	1-2 Years	n/a	42,800 AUD

General Manager Hr

Posted 04 February 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Generalist HR specialist."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Cairns	Bachelors Degree	20+ Years	n/a	168,000 AUD

Hr Manager

Posted 12 January 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Generalist HR Management."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Sydney	Bachelors Degree	20+ Years	n/a	128,500 AUD

Compensation & Benefits Manager

Posted 05 December 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Compensation & Benefits Manager."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Melbourne	Masters Degree	8-12 Years	n/a	113,600 AUD

Reward Manager

Posted 29 October 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Remuneration and Benefits."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Sydney	Bachelors Degree	8-12 Years	n/a	172,200 AUD

Reward Manager

Posted 29 September 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Reward Strategy and Processes."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Sydney	Bachelors Degree	8-12 Years	n/a	172,200 AUD

Hr Manager

Posted 04 September 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Training, recruitment & compliance based."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Adelaide	Bachelors Degree	16-20 Years	n/a	109,600 AUD

Head Of People

Posted 20 July 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Department Head."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Melbourne	Bachelors Degree	20+ Years	n/a	260,900 AUD

Human Resources Manager

Posted 11 May 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"All aspects of HR management in a small company (25 employees)."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Perth	Masters Degree	12-16 Years	n/a	99,100 AUD

Hr Business Partner

Posted 30 January 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Senior HR professional Industrial relations."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Perth	Bachelors Degree	12-16 Years	n/a	237,900 AUD

Employee Experience Manager

Posted 18 December 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"Recruitment, employee management."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Gold Coast	Some College	20+ Years	n/a	92,700 AUD

Head Of Hr And Culture

Posted 10 December 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"Lead governance and delivery of HR Functions across company
Set Remuneration Levels
Recruitment
Contracts
Terminations
Performance Management
WHSE."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Canberra	Bachelors Degree	20+ Years	n/a	278,200 AUD

Senior Hr Business Partner

Posted 16 September 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"Senior HR Business Partner."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Canberra	Bachelors Degree	12-16 Years	n/a	139,100 AUD

Head Of Hr

Posted 11 May 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"- Strategic Human Resources."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Sydney	Masters Degree	12-16 Years	n/a	347,700 AUD

Hr Analyst

Posted 29 October 2017
Key knowledge and tasks

"Rem & Ben, Reporting, HR Technology and Projects."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Newcastle	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	103,300 AUD

People And Leadership Manager

Posted 18 September 2017
Key knowledge and tasks

"People
Recruitment
L&D
Payroll."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Melbourne	High School	16-20 Years	n/a	145,900 AUD

Hr Director

Posted 26 August 2017
Key knowledge and tasks

"Your advice to others - what does it take and which core skills you need to be successful at this job?."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Sydney	Masters Degree	20+ Years	n/a	367,000 AUD

Hr Manager

Posted 27 July 2017
Key knowledge and tasks

"Conducting human resource related tasks for the company."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Melbourne	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	n/a	56,100 AUD

HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGER / SALARY AUSTRALIA

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175,920 AUD

178,756 AUD

179,092 AUD

Average Salary / Human Resources Manager / Australia

Levels / Human Resources Manager / Australia (Gross AUD)

Gender / Human Resources Manager / Australia (Gross AUD)

Education / Human Resources Manager / Australia (Gross AUD)

Experience / Human Resources Manager / Australia (Gross AUD)

Age / Human Resources Manager / Australia (Gross AUD)

Work Type / Human Resources Manager / Australia (Gross AUD)

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People's individual salary examples (surveys)

HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGER / SALARY
AUSTRALIA