How much do hris analysts make in 2026?
HRIS analysts sit inside the BLS human resources specialists series, where OEWS May 2025 reports a national median of $75,940 a year ($36.51 an hour), with the bottom 10% near $47,180 and the top 10% at $128,720. This is the least satisfying pooled match in HR, because SOC 13-1071 is a 912,430-person series dominated by generalists and recruiters while HRIS work is a technical specialism priced closer to enterprise systems roles than to HR administration. HRIS analysts configure and maintain the HR platform: business processes and workflows, security and role assignment, integrations with payroll, benefits and time systems, reporting and calculated fields, release testing when the vendor updates the platform, and the data governance that keeps the whole thing trustworthy. Pay depends heavily on platform and depth — configuration ownership on a major enterprise platform commands far more than administrative support of a small business system, and analysts who have carried an implementation or a major module deployment are in a different market from those who maintain a stable configuration. Experienced platform specialists commonly sit at the top of this band or beyond it. Employment is projected to grow 6.2% through 2034 with roughly 81,800 openings a year. → Full hris analyst career guide, career path, credentials & placement →
Note: $75,940 blends every experience level and every setting in this occupation. For pay by level alone, see Pay by Level below.
- HRIS Analysts earn a national median $75,940/yr ($36.51/hr) (BLS OEWS May 2025, SOC 13-1071); the P10 to P90 range is $47,180 to $128,720.
- The $75,940 median comes from a 912,430-person BLS series dominated by HR generalists and recruiters, and it understates HRIS work, which is priced closer to enterprise systems roles than to HR administration.
- Platform and depth drive pay: configuration ownership on a major enterprise HR platform is a different market from administrative support of a small business system.
- Implementation and module deployment experience is the strongest single credential in this specialism, and experienced platform specialists commonly sit at or above the top of the pooled band.
US HRIS Analyst Pay Distribution · BLS OEWS May 2025
Pay by Level · BLS OEWS May 2025
How much do hris analysts earn at each level?
BLS OEWS publishes one blended wage for the whole occupation and does not break pay out by credential or practice level. The levels below distribute the published percentile range across the credential tiers this role actually hires at.
Level medians are aligned to the BLS OEWS May 2025 percentile distribution for SOC 13-1071; GlobalCybers does not yet publish a verified placement sample for this role, so no verified median is shown.
Methodology & Sources
How the numbers on this page are built
Published (BLS): BLS OEWS May 2025, SOC 13-1071, United States national estimate. Public, methodologically rigorous, but sampled on a rolling 3-year basis and published ~10 months after collection — so it reflects wages that are already 1–2 years old by the time you read them.
Level and certification medians: distributed across the published BLS percentile range for this SOC code (P10 through P90) according to the credential tiers this occupation actually hires at. They are modeled reference points, not separately surveyed wages.
State and metro figures: modeled — the BLS national median multiplied by the GlobalCybers state wage index, and for metros by the published metro index for that state. They are estimates of local pay, not BLS state or metropolitan-area observations, and are labelled as modeled in the tables below.
No verified placement sample:GlobalCybers does not yet publish a placement median for this role, so no "verified" figure appears anywhere on this page.
Pay by Career Level
How much does a hris analyst earn at each career stage?
HRIS pay follows platform depth and configuration ownership rather than years in HR. Each median is anchored to the BLS OEWS distribution for SOC 13-1071, a pooled series that does not separate technical HR roles.
By State
Which states pay hris analysts the most in 2026?
State figures are modeled estimates — the BLS national median multiplied by the GlobalCybers salary-calculator state wage index — not BLS state observations, and the pooling caveat applies with force here. HRIS is one of the most remote-friendly roles in HR, so the platform and the employer's scale predict pay far better than the state of residence does.
6 of 51 state guides shown, ranked by median. Bar is relative to California ($87,330), the highest-paying state shown. See all role salary guides →
By Metro
Which cities pay hris analysts the most?
Metro figures are modeled — national median times state wage index times published metro index — not BLS MSA observations. Metro premiums matter less than usual for this role, because enterprise HR systems work is widely performed remotely and is priced nationally by platform skill.
BLS OEWS MSA estimates, May 2025. Nominal pay — weigh each metro against its cost of living before relocating.
Certification Impact
Which certifications raise a hris analyst’s pay the most?
Median annual pay before and after each credential, based on GlobalCybers placement data cross-referenced with BLS. License upgrades move the needle most; stackable certs add on top.
Impacts are not additive, the licensing rows share the same career ladder. Browse all 167 certifications →
Trade Comparison
How does hris analyst pay compare to related roles?
BLS OEWS national median across the closest trades. HRIS Analysts sit mid-pack on median but carry one of the widest P10–P90 spreads, licensing and specialization drive the upside.
BLS OEWS May 2025. Verify hris analyst wages on BLS.gov →
Take-Home Pay
What does a hris analyst actually take home after taxes?
The medians above are gross base wage.
Estimates use 2026 federal brackets, standard deduction, and 7.65% FICA. Actual take-home varies with filing status, deductions, and local tax.
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