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HR Generalist & Business Partner pay in San Jose
What HR generalists and business partners in the San Jose metro earn, from the Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, May 2025 — and what 5 open roles advertise today.
$112,140
MEDIAN PAY
13-1071
OCCUPATION CODE
Half of HR generalists and business partners in San Jose earn between $85,150 and $153,460. One in ten earn less than $66,260; one in ten earn more than $186,570.
BLS OEWS, May 2025 · San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA · 7,970 employed
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Open roles advertise
$86k–$112k · from 6 postings with a stated range, last 90 days · 5 open roles
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What the work is
Recruit, screen, interview, or place individuals within an organization. May perform other activities in multiple human resources areas.
- Interpret and explain human resources policies, procedures, laws, standards, or regulations.
- Hire employees and process hiring-related paperwork.
- Maintain current knowledge of Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and affirmative action guidelines and laws, such as the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
- Prepare or maintain employment records related to events, such as hiring, termination, leaves, transfers, or promotions, using human resources management system software.
- Address employee relations issues, such as harassment allegations, work complaints, or other employee concerns.
- Review employment applications and job orders to match applicants with job requirements.
Summary and tasks from O*NET OnLine, 13-1071.00 Human Resources Specialists, O*NET 31.0.
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About this data
Wages: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (public domain; BLS is the source and does not vouch for this page). This page includes information from the O*NET 31.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA). Used under the CC BY 4.0 license. O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA.
Licences: O*NET database licence (CC BY 4.0) · Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
Survey figures released 15 May 2026. A figure the survey withholds is left out, never estimated. The open roles beside them are the San Jose hub's, whose machine-readable twin is at /jobs/hr-generalist/san-jose/data.json.