Program Payoff

Human Resources Management and Services: what it pays, state by state

48 states teach this at certificate or associate level. The work pays most in District of Columbia, at a median of $110,970 a year.

StateWhat the work paysSchoolsReporting earnings
District of Columbia$110,97010
Vermont$90,42010
Massachusetts$85,63040
Washington$84,550100
New York$84,380180
Maryland$83,91080
California$83,500180
Connecticut$82,89010
Virginia$82,09050
Colorado$80,84040
New Jersey$80,69060
Minnesota$78,760170
Oregon$78,06020
Delaware$77,70010
Rhode Island$77,56010
Alaska$76,99010
Illinois$76,820180
North Dakota$75,63040
North Carolina$73,070130
Utah$71,75020
Maine$71,63030
Nevada$71,61020
Arizona$71,390230
Kansas$70,87040
New Hampshire$70,84020
Georgia$70,570230
Wisconsin$70,540280
Pennsylvania$70,450250
Ohio$70,180310
Michigan$69,52080
Kentucky$69,01050
Texas$68,920120
New Mexico$68,05010
South Dakota$67,59040
Tennessee$67,37020
Missouri$66,99040
Wyoming$66,97010
West Virginia$66,86030
Iowa$66,71060
Florida$66,41010
Indiana$65,600160
South Carolina$65,37030
Idaho$64,99020
Alabama$64,94030
Montana$63,79050
Oklahoma$61,63060
Louisiana$61,30040
Arkansas$55,01020

A dash under earnings or debt means the U.S. Department of Education has not published a figure for that program — it withholds any median computed from too few graduates, which covers about four of every five programs. It never means zero, and it says nothing about whether the program is any good. Where a figure is shown, the number of graduates behind it is shown with it.

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Programs: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, released 2026-06-10. Occupation wages: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics.