Master's in Human Resource (HR) Management Careers & Salaries

As new companies form and organizations expand, the need for human resource professionals to foster connections between leadership and employees will increase. There will also be an increasing need for specialists in training and development, employee benefits, recruitment, and policy advisement.

In almost every industry—manufacturing, health care, education, finance, and insurance, to name a few—you’ll find HR professionals behind the scenes helping organizations thrive. In addition to careers such as job recruiter, compliance officer, and staffing manager, here are a few human resource management jobs and salaries you can obtain with your master’s degree.

Human Resources Manager¹

• 2021 median pay: $126,230
• Projected job growth by 2030: 9 percent

Compensation and Benefits Manager²

 

2021 median pay: $127,530
• Projected job growth by 2030: 4 percent

Training and Development Manager³
 

• 2021 median pay: $120,130
• Projected job growth by 2030: 11 percent

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Minnesota: The M.A. in Health and Human Services Administration program is accredited by the Minnesota Board of Executives for Long Term Services and Support (MN BELTSS) as meeting education requirements for Nursing Home Administrator licensure in the State of Minnesota. The program is designed to prepare students to take the Minnesota Nursing Home Administrators licensing exam. Students who wish to pursue licensure as a Nursing Home Administrator in Minnesota must complete the appropriate program pathway, meet the state’s practicum requirements, and pass state and national exams.

Other States: This program is not intended or designed to meet educational requirements for any professional licensure in states outside of Minnesota. Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota does not offer practicum credits for out-of-state students to complete hours for long-term care or health facility licensure. It is always the responsibility of individual students to verify requirements with their state licensing board and the National Association of Examiners of Long Term Care Administrators Board (NAB)

• Advocate for both employees and leaders.
  
• Provide ongoing employee development.
  
• Assess factors affecting employee engagement.
  

• Identify data to be collected.
  
• Analyze data trends.
  
• Deliver key findings and plans for action steps.

• Demonstrate respectful engagement with others’ ideas, behaviors, and beliefs.
  
• Apply diverse frames of reference to decisions and actions.
  
• Develop the skills to mediate and resolve conflicts.

• Evaluate relevant information and its sources.
  
• Develop an argument focusing on an issue, including relevance, logic, grasp of the subject, and depth of discussion.
  
• Resolve issues based on evidence weighed against relevant criteria.
  

• Assess the congruence between personal norms and ethical principles.
  
• Create systems that comply with state and federal employment laws and their labor-management relations.
  
• Evaluate and defend human resource policies.

Complete the form below to download your free program brochure and learn more about Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota’s online programs. An enrollment counselor will contact you shortly to share more information and answer your questions. When you’re ready, you can click Apply Now to start your online application.