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Human Resources Specialists pay in Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC and San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Human Resources Specialists is $61,570 per year in Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC. It is $112,140 per year in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA. Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC is 45.1% below San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 13-1071 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 560 wage and salary jobs in Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC and 7,970 in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings