What are the main factors that influence a HRO's salary?

The primary factors are: 1) Experience Level, 2) Geographic Location, 3) Education/Skills, 4) Company Size & Industry

What industry pays the highest salary for HRO?

The Internet industry offers the highest average compensation for HRO roles, with salaries approximately 20% above the market median.

How does experience change A HRO's salary?

A HRO's salary grows with experience: starting around $45,515 for beginners, reaching about $72,374 at mid-level, and approach $96,055 for experts.

What are the highest paying states for a HRO?

HRO salary varies significantly by state. The top 3 highest paying states for HRO roles are District of Columbia $60,363, California $60,134, Massachusetts $59,333. These tech hubs typically pay 10-15% above the national average.

HRO Salary in Wisconsin

How much does a HRO make in Wisconsin? As of October 01, 2026, the average salary for a HRO in Wisconsin is $53,630 per year, which breaks down to an hourly rate of $26.

However, a HRO's salary can vary significantly. Here's a look at the typical salary range:

Top Earners (90th percentile): $62,877
Majority Range (25th-75th percentile): $49,879 to $58,470
Entry-Level (10th percentile): $46,464

10% $46,464

50% (Median) $53,630

90% $62,877

HRO Salaries by Percentile

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$58,470	$4,873	$1,124	$28
Average	$53,630	$4,469	$1,031	$26
25th Percentile	$49,879	$4,157	$959	$24

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Key Factors That Influence HRO Salaries

A HRO's salary isn't a fixed number. It's shaped by several important factors. Below, we'll explore how your years of experience, geographic location and company size can directly affect your earning potential.

How Experience Level Affects HRO Salaries?

Experience is a primary driver of a HRO's salary. As you build your skills and take on more complex tasks, your compensation generally increases. Here's how the average salary grows at different career stages:

Entry-Level (less than 1 year): $45,515
Early Career (1-2 years): $52,622
Mid-Level (2-4 years): $72,374
Senior-Level (5-8 years): $85,417
Expert (over 8 years): $96,055

Job Role	Years of Experience	Average Salary
Laboratory Support Technician I	less than 1 year	$45,515
HRO	1-2 years	$52,622
Laboratory Support Technician III	2-4 years	$72,374
Laboratory Support Technician IV	5-8 years	$85,417
Laboratory Supervisor	over 8 years	$96,055

How Do HRO Salaries Vary from State to State?

Your salary can change significantly depending on where you work. States with a higher cost of living and strong industrial sectors often pay more to attract HROs. For example, consider the average annual salaries in these key locations:

District of Columbia: $60,363.
California: $60,134.
Massachusetts: $59,333.

District of Columbia $60,363 California $60,134 Massachusetts $59,333 Washington $59,115 New Jersey $59,093 Alaska $59,017 Connecticut $58,264 New York $57,959

Hawaii $56,983 Rhode Island $56,525 Maryland $56,214 Minnesota $55,789 Colorado $55,626 Illinois $55,571 Oregon $55,364 Delaware $55,211

New Hampshire $55,115 Virginia $54,900 Pennsylvania $54,273 Nevada $53,957 North Dakota $53,854 Michigan $53,690 Wisconsin $53,630 Vermont $53,510

Texas $53,178 Maine $53,156 Arizona $53,123 Ohio $53,085 Georgia $52,583 Indiana $52,333 Wyoming $52,284 Utah $52,207

Iowa $52,174 Kansas $51,913 Louisiana $51,836 North Carolina $51,809 Missouri $51,798 Florida $51,586 Montana $51,471 Nebraska $51,362

Kentucky $51,302 South Carolina $51,084 Tennessee $50,948 Idaho $50,893 New Mexico $50,495 Oklahoma $50,408 Alabama $50,086 South Dakota $49,547

Arkansas $49,252 West Virginia $49,094 Mississippi $48,620

Top Paying Cities for HRO

Salaries can also vary between different cities. Major metropolitan areas or cities with a high demand for technicians often offer more competitive pay. Here are a few examples of average annual salaries in different U.S. cities:

Green Lake: $52,167
Greenville: $52,663
Hancock: $51,705

Green Lake, WI $52,167

Greenville, WI $52,663

Hancock, WI $51,705

Hortonville, WI $52,552

Iola, WI $51,935

King, WI $52,332

Larsen, WI $52,456

Leopolis, WI $51,870

Manawa, WI $52,128

Marion, WI $51,967

Menasha, WI $52,706

Neenah, WI $52,610

Neshkoro, WI $51,979

New London, WI $52,335

Ogdensburg, WI $52,010

Omro, WI $52,267

Pickett, WI $52,310

Pine River, WI $52,108

Plainfield, WI $51,801

Poy Sippi, WI $52,144

Princeton, WI $52,042

Readfield, WI $52,403

Redgranite, WI $52,158

Ripon, WI $52,258

Rosendale, WI $52,285

Saxeville, WI $52,051

Scandinavia, WI $51,976

Tilleda, WI $51,792

Van Dyne, WI $52,350

Waukau, WI $52,259

Waupaca, WI $52,119

Wautoma, WI $51,997

Weyauwega, WI $52,208

Wild Rose, WI $52,013

Winnebago, WI $52,470

Winneconne, WI $52,348

Wilson, WI $53,206

Boyd, WI $51,828

Cadott, WI $51,865

Chetek, WI $51,725

Chippewa Falls, WI $51,977

Colfax, WI $51,914

Conrath, WI $51,621

Cornell, WI $51,754

Dallas, WI $52,022

Downing, WI $52,957

Downsville, WI $52,572

Durand, WI $52,522

Eau Galle, WI $52,406

Eleva, WI $52,033

Elk Mound, WI $51,918

Elmwood, WI $52,909

Fairchild, WI $51,970

Fall Creek, WI $52,000

Gilmanton, WI $52,270

Holcombe, WI $51,665

Humbird, WI $51,912

Independence, WI $52,119

Jim Falls, WI $51,798

Knapp, WI $52,929

Maiden Rock, WI $52,993

Menomonie, WI $52,522

Merrillan, WI $51,840

Mondovi, WI $52,138

Nelson, WI $52,760

New Auburn, WI $51,705

Osseo, WI $52,154

Pepin, WI $53,175

Pigeon Falls, WI $52,270

Plum City, WI $52,922

Prairie Farm, WI $52,471

Ridgeland, WI $52,190

Rock Falls, WI $51,940

Sand Creek, WI $51,733

Sheldon, WI $51,598

Spring Valley, WI $53,242

Stanley, WI $51,842

Stockholm, WI $53,300

Strum, WI $52,120

Thorp, WI $51,817

Wheeler, WI $52,303

Whitehall, WI $52,052

Spooner, WI $51,582

Almena, WI $52,304

Ashland, WI $51,531

Balsam Lake, WI $53,157

Barron, WI $51,976

Barronett, WI $51,604

Bayfield, WI $51,532

Benoit, WI $51,456

Birchwood, WI $51,512

Brill, WI $51,728

Bruce, WI $51,571

Brule, WI $52,013

Cable, WI $51,351

Cameron, WI $51,741

Centuria, WI $53,449

Comstock, WI $52,447

Cornucopia, WI $51,600

Couderay, WI $51,377

Cumberland, WI $52,061

Danbury, WI $51,890

Drummond, WI $51,504

Edgewater, WI $51,482

Exeland, WI $51,416

Foxboro, WI $52,197

Frederic, WI $52,349

Gordon, WI $51,764

Grand View, WI $51,399

Grantsburg, WI $52,668

Haugen, WI $51,784

Hawthorne, WI $52,183

Hayward, WI $51,416

Herbster, WI $51,671

Hertel, WI $51,597

High Bridge, WI $51,454

Iron River, WI $51,823

Ladysmith, WI $51,575

Lake Nebagamon, WI $52,068

La Pointe, WI $51,444

Luck, WI $52,956

Maple, WI $52,190

Marengo, WI $51,432

Mason, WI $51,440

Mikana, WI $51,722

Milltown, WI $53,177

Minong, WI $51,741

Odanah, WI $51,648

Ojibwa, WI $51,327

Glidden, WI $51,346

Harshaw, WI $51,584

Hawkins, WI $51,486

Hazelhurst, WI $51,592

Heafford Junction, WI $51,636

Hurley, WI $51,489

Iron Belt, WI $51,393

Kennan, WI $51,494

Lac Du Flambeau, WI $51,579

Lake Tomahawk, WI $51,607

Land O Lakes, WI $51,538

Laona, WI $51,567

Long Lake, WI $51,425

Mc Naughton, WI $51,613

Manitowish Waters, WI $51,534

Mellen, WI $51,367

Mercer, WI $51,443

Minocqua, WI $51,633

Montreal, WI $51,502

Park Falls, WI $51,482

Phelps, WI $51,538

Phillips, WI $51,505

Prentice, WI $51,545

Presque Isle, WI $51,513

Saint Germain, WI $51,643

Saxon, WI $51,412

Sayner, WI $51,573

Star Lake, WI $51,438

Three Lakes, WI $51,582

Tony, WI $51,568

Tripoli, WI $51,458

Upson, WI $51,239

Wabeno, WI $51,571

Woodruff, WI $51,654

La Crosse, WI $51,291

Alma, WI $52,598

Alma Center, WI $51,905

Arcadia, WI $52,094

Arkdale, WI $51,708

Bangor, WI $51,404

Black River Falls, WI $51,736

Blair, WI $51,893

Camp Douglas, WI $51,784

Cashton, WI $51,459

Cataract, WI $51,542

Chaseburg, WI $51,376

Cochrane, WI $52,507

Coon Valley, WI $51,355

De Soto, WI $51,465

Dodge, WI $51,948

Eastman, WI $51,611

Ettrick, WI $51,563

Ferryville, WI $51,549

Fountain City, WI $52,280

Galesville, WI $51,720

Gays Mills, WI $51,710

Genoa, WI $51,414

Hillsboro, WI $51,894

Hixton, WI $51,904

Holmen, WI $51,411

Hustler, WI $51,973

Kendall, WI $51,830

La Farge, WI $51,751

Lynxville, WI $51,615

Mather, WI $51,722

Melrose, WI $51,554

Millston, WI $51,611

Mindoro, WI $51,447

Mount Sterling, WI $51,795

Necedah, WI $51,728

Norwalk, WI $51,520

Oakdale, WI $51,787

Onalaska, WI $51,331

Ontario, WI $51,746

Readstown, WI $51,692

Rockland, WI $51,394

Seneca, WI $51,846

Soldiers Grove, WI $51,749

Sparta, WI $51,501

Steuben, WI $51,704

Stoddard, WI $51,333

Taylor, WI $51,791

Tomah, WI $51,813

Trempealeau, WI $51,714

Palmyra, WI $52,883

Tunnel City, WI $51,788

Viola, WI $51,784

Viroqua, WI $51,460

Warrens, WI $51,707

Westby, WI $51,434

West Salem, WI $51,357

Wilton, WI $51,784

Eau Claire, WI $52,119

Altoona, WI $52,190

Arkansaw, WI $52,737

Augusta, WI $51,989

Bay City, WI $53,216

Bloomer, WI $51,810

Boyceville, WI $52,627

Glen Flora, WI $51,484

Wales, WI $53,606

Bagley, WI $51,619

Beetown, WI $51,671

Benton, WI $51,875

Bloomington, WI $51,681

Boscobel, WI $51,792

Cassville, WI $51,619

Cuba City, WI $51,783

Dickeyville, WI $51,827

Fennimore, WI $51,854

Glen Haven, WI $51,591

Hazel Green, WI $51,699

Kieler, WI $51,841

Lancaster, WI $51,736

Mount Hope, WI $51,672

Patch Grove, WI $51,859

Platteville, WI $51,956

Potosi, WI $51,633

Prairie Du Chien, WI $51,745

Sinsinawa, WI $51,678

Stitzer, WI $51,838

Wauzeka, WI $51,698

Woodman, WI $51,641

Portage, WI $52,779

Adams, WI $51,946

Arlington, WI $53,312

Baraboo, WI $52,783

Beaver Dam, WI $52,735

Brandon, WI $52,174

Briggsville, WI $52,450

Burnett, WI $52,379

Cambria, WI $52,705

Cazenovia, WI $51,989

Columbus, WI $53,151

Dalton, WI $52,405

Dellwood, WI $51,771

Doylestown, WI $53,068

Elroy, WI $51,845

Endeavor, WI $52,384

Fairwater, WI $52,276

Fall River, WI $53,000

Fox Lake, WI $52,475

Friendship, WI $51,790

Friesland, WI $52,637

Grand Marsh, WI $51,969

Hillpoint, WI $52,292

Kingston, WI $52,454

Lake Delton, WI $52,589

La Valle, WI $52,061

Lime Ridge, WI $52,255

Loganville, WI $52,413

Lyndon Station, WI $52,130

Markesan, WI $52,201

Marquette, WI $52,381

Mauston, WI $51,934

Montello, WI $52,200

New Lisbon, WI $51,790

North Freedom, WI $52,809

Oxford, WI $52,208

Packwaukee, WI $52,416

Pardeeville, WI $52,810

Poynette, WI $53,145

Randolph, WI $52,703

Reedsburg, WI $52,397

Rio, WI $53,088

Rock Springs, WI $52,467

Union Center, WI $52,080

Waupun, WI $52,283

Westfield, WI $51,958

Wisconsin Dells, WI $52,373

Wonewoc, WI $51,883

Wyocena, WI $52,929

Amery, WI $53,463

Baldwin, WI $53,784

Beldenville, WI $53,685

Clayton, WI $52,763

Clear Lake, WI $53,188

Cushing, WI $53,282

Deer Park, WI $53,570

Dresser, WI $53,931

East Ellsworth, WI $53,548

Ellsworth, WI $53,636

Glenwood City, WI $53,306

Hager City, WI $53,774

Hammond, WI $54,417

Hudson, WI $55,279

New Richmond, WI $54,549

Osceola, WI $54,689

Prescott, WI $54,840

River Falls, WI $54,771

Roberts, WI $54,756

Saint Croix Falls, WI $53,612

Somerset, WI $55,062

Star Prairie, WI $54,404

Pell Lake, WI $52,739

Pleasant Prairie, WI $52,788

Powers Lake, WI $52,829

Rochester, WI $53,042

Salem, WI $52,871

Silver Lake, WI $52,884

Somers, WI $52,723

South Milwaukee, WI $54,284

Springfield, WI $52,762

Sturtevant, WI $52,734

Sullivan, WI $53,006

Trevor, WI $52,896

Twin Lakes, WI $52,873

Union Grove, WI $52,848

Walworth, WI $52,651

Radisson, WI $51,392

Waterford, WI $53,322

Waukesha, WI $54,131

Whitewater, WI $52,581

Williams Bay, WI $52,600

Wilmot, WI $52,894

Woodworth, WI $52,829

Zenda, WI $52,598

Milwaukee, WI $54,579

Saint Francis, WI $54,555

Racine, WI $52,698

Afton, WI $52,545

Albany, WI $52,903

Arena, WI $52,921

Argyle, WI $52,607

Avalon, WI $52,552

Avoca, WI $52,250

Barneveld, WI $52,925

Belleville, WI $53,252

Belmont, WI $52,101

Beloit, WI $52,496

Black Earth, WI $53,255

Blanchardville, WI $52,746

Blue Mounds, WI $53,097

Blue River, WI $51,773

Brodhead, WI $52,542

Brooklyn, WI $53,277

Browntown, WI $52,195

Cambridge, WI $53,252

Gile, WI $51,661

Clinton, WI $52,583

Wausau, WI $51,832

Marshfield, WI $51,854

Abbotsford, WI $51,803

Amherst, WI $51,941

Amherst Junction, WI $51,883

Aniwa, WI $51,629

Antigo, WI $51,680

Arpin, WI $51,752

Athens, WI $51,684

Auburndale, WI $51,726

Babcock, WI $51,646

Birnamwood, WI $51,660

Blenker, WI $51,719

Bowler, WI $51,760

Brokaw, WI $51,763

Bryant, WI $51,568

Chili, WI $51,792

Colby, WI $51,775

Curtiss, WI $51,752

Custer, WI $51,810

Deerbrook, WI $51,565

Dorchester, WI $51,755

Edgar, WI $51,725

Eland, WI $51,719

Elcho, WI $51,590

Elderon, WI $51,750

Elton, WI $51,635

Galloway, WI $51,799

Gilman, WI $51,639

Jump River, WI $51,593

Gleason, WI $51,576

Granton, WI $51,789

Greenwood, WI $51,816

Hannibal, WI $51,630

Hatley, WI $51,699

Hewitt, WI $51,947

Irma, WI $51,599

Junction City, WI $51,699

Loyal, WI $51,811

Lublin, WI $51,682

Marathon, WI $51,716

Mattoon, WI $51,819

Medford, WI $51,700

Merrill, WI $51,682

Milladore, WI $51,718

Mosinee, WI $51,751

Neillsville, WI $51,860

Nekoosa, WI $51,769

Nelsonville, WI $51,996

Ogema, WI $51,560

Owen, WI $51,763

Pearson, WI $51,548

Pelican Lake, WI $51,551

Phlox, WI $51,781

Woodville, WI $53,487

Houlton, WI $55,415

Abrams, WI $51,834

Amberg, WI $51,520

Armstrong Creek, WI $51,533

Athelstane, WI $51,554

Black Creek, WI $52,395

Bonduel, WI $51,978

Brillion, WI $52,348

Cecil, WI $51,898

Coleman, WI $51,789

Combined Locks, WI $52,743

Crivitz, WI $51,696

De Pere, WI $51,945

Dunbar, WI $51,499

Fence, WI $51,445

Florence, WI $51,521

Forest Junction, WI $52,498

Gillett, WI $51,860

Goodman, WI $51,531

Greenleaf, WI $52,144

Green Valley, WI $51,874

Gresham, WI $51,841

Hilbert, WI $52,478

Kaukauna, WI $52,678

Freedom, WI $52,613

Keshena, WI $51,897

Kimberly, WI $52,746

Krakow, WI $51,875

Lakewood, WI $51,616

Lena, WI $51,824

Little Chute, WI $52,744

Little Suamico, WI $51,821

Marinette, WI $51,854

Mountain, WI $51,646

Neopit, WI $51,770

Niagara, WI $51,577

Nichols, WI $52,164

Oconto, WI $51,820

Oconto Falls, WI $51,848

Oneida, WI $51,880

Pembine, WI $51,544

Peshtigo, WI $51,810

Porterfield, WI $51,675

Potter, WI $52,376

Pound, WI $51,733

Pulaski, WI $51,894

Pickerel, WI $51,596

Pittsville, WI $51,714

Plover, WI $51,888

Port Edwards, WI $51,915

Rib Lake, WI $51,631

Ringle, WI $51,682

Rosholt, WI $51,788

Rothschild, WI $51,880

Rudolph, WI $51,735

Schofield, WI $51,838

Spencer, WI $51,801

Stetsonville, WI $51,723

Stevens Point, WI $51,865

Stratford, WI $51,757

Summit Lake, WI $51,605

Tigerton, WI $51,840

Tomahawk, WI $51,637

Unity, WI $51,760

Vesper, WI $51,742

Westboro, WI $51,564

White Lake, WI $51,590

Willard, WI $51,804

Wisconsin Rapids, WI $51,834

Withee, WI $51,732

Wittenberg, WI $51,778

Rhinelander, WI $51,666

Argonne, WI $51,501

Boulder Junction, WI $51,533

Brantwood, WI $51,485

Butternut, WI $51,401

Catawba, WI $51,501

Clam Lake, WI $51,223

Conover, WI $51,560

Crandon, WI $51,640

Eagle River, WI $51,636

Fifield, WI $51,468

Poplar, WI $52,266

Port Wing, WI $51,836

Seymour, WI $52,101

Oak Creek, WI $53,917

Adell, WI $52,864

Allenton, WI $53,057

Ashippun, WI $53,227

Belgium, WI $53,382

Brookfield, WI $54,458

Brownsville, WI $52,336

Butler, WI $54,490

Campbellsport, WI $52,595

Cascade, WI $52,551

Cedarburg, WI $53,994

Cedar Grove, WI $53,137

Chilton, WI $52,378

Cleveland, WI $52,168

Clyman, WI $52,810

Colgate, WI $53,908

Delafield, WI $53,585

Eden, WI $52,320

Elkhart Lake, WI $52,316

Fredonia, WI $53,368

Germantown, WI $54,132

Glenbeulah, WI $52,291

Grafton, WI $54,004

Greenbush, WI $52,289

Hartford, WI $53,433

Hartland, WI $53,748

Hingham, WI $52,780

Horicon, WI $52,657

Hubertus, WI $53,836

Hustisford, WI $52,868

Iron Ridge, WI $52,946

Ixonia, WI $53,111

Jackson, WI $53,841

Johnson Creek, WI $52,948

Juneau, WI $52,656

Kewaskum, WI $53,079

Kiel, WI $52,225

Kohler, WI $52,450

Lannon, WI $54,207

Lebanon, WI $52,919

Lomira, WI $52,582

Malone, WI $52,334

Mayville, WI $52,599

Menomonee Falls, WI $54,289

Merton, WI $53,836

Mount Calvary, WI $52,378

Nashotah, WI $53,573

Neosho, WI $53,130

Newburg, WI $53,585

New Holstein, WI $52,304

Newton, WI $52,119

North Lake, WI $54,023

Oakfield, WI $52,239

Oconomowoc, WI $53,362

Okauchee, WI $53,515

Oostburg, WI $52,876

Pewaukee, WI $53,981

Plymouth, WI $52,387

Port Washington, WI $53,677

Random Lake, WI $53,115

Richfield, WI $53,865

Rubicon, WI $53,222

Saint Cloud, WI $52,373

Saukville, WI $53,744

Sheboygan, WI $52,600

Sheboygan Falls, WI $52,423

Slinger, WI $53,601

Stockbridge, WI $52,496

Sussex, WI $54,022

West Bend, WI $53,322

Theresa, WI $52,896

Thiensville, WI $54,393

Waldo, WI $52,732

Watertown, WI $52,881

Mequon, WI $54,253

Woodland, WI $52,994

Bassett, WI $52,874

Benet Lake, WI $52,824

Big Bend, WI $53,698

Bristol, WI $52,831

Burlington, WI $52,930

Caledonia, WI $53,128

Camp Lake, WI $52,890

Cudahy, WI $54,512

Darien, WI $52,640

Delavan, WI $52,618

Dousman, WI $53,218

Eagle, WI $53,120

Cobb, WI $52,279

Cottage Grove, WI $53,557

Cross Plains, WI $53,423

Dane, WI $53,420

Darlington, WI $52,250

Deerfield, WI $53,410

De Forest, WI $53,480

Dodgeville, WI $52,514

Edgerton, WI $53,135

Edmund, WI $52,394

Evansville, WI $52,990

Footville, WI $52,658

Fort Atkinson, WI $52,907

Gotham, WI $52,512

Gratiot, WI $52,016

Hanover, WI $52,647

Highland, WI $52,209

Hollandale, WI $52,830

Janesville, WI $52,689

Shawano, WI $51,927

Sherwood, WI $52,632

Shiocton, WI $52,262

Sobieski, WI $51,829

Suamico, WI $51,815

Suring, WI $51,750

Townsend, WI $51,640

Wausaukee, WI $51,609

Wrightstown, WI $52,477

Zachow, WI $51,914

Algoma, WI $51,818

Baileys Harbor, WI $51,676

Brussels, WI $51,813

Casco, WI $51,823

Collins, WI $52,230

Denmark, WI $51,885

Egg Harbor, WI $51,717

Ellison Bay, WI $51,629

Ephraim, WI $51,717

Fish Creek, WI $51,682

Forestville, WI $51,814

Francis Creek, WI $51,945

Kellnersville, WI $51,979

Kewaunee, WI $51,848

Luxemburg, WI $51,824

Manitowoc, WI $52,043

Maplewood, WI $51,805

Maribel, WI $51,947

Mishicot, WI $51,903

New Franken, WI $51,817

Reedsville, WI $52,085

Saint Nazianz, WI $52,188

Sister Bay, WI $51,686

Sturgeon Bay, WI $51,823

Tisch Mills, WI $51,880

Two Rivers, WI $51,899

Valders, WI $52,163

Washington Island, WI $51,599

Whitelaw, WI $51,981

Green Bay, WI $51,809

East Troy, WI $53,120

Elkhorn, WI $52,755

Elm Grove, WI $54,490

Fontana, WI $52,630

Franksville, WI $53,093

Genesee Depot, WI $53,502

Genoa City, WI $52,780

Greendale, WI $54,451

Hales Corners, WI $54,357

Franklin, WI $54,044

Helenville, WI $52,822

Honey Creek, WI $52,954

Kansasville, WI $52,936

Kenosha, WI $52,711

New Berlin, WI $54,187

Lake Geneva, WI $52,601

Lyons, WI $52,884

Mukwonago, WI $53,445

Muskego, WI $53,783

New Munster, WI $52,890

North Prairie, WI $53,416

Fremont, WI $52,306

Rice Lake, WI $51,681

Sarona, WI $51,554

Shell Lake, WI $51,598

Siren, WI $52,120

Solon Springs, WI $51,827

South Range, WI $52,316

Springbrook, WI $51,455

Stone Lake, WI $51,474

Superior, WI $52,372

Trego, WI $51,510

Turtle Lake, WI $52,677

Wascott, WI $51,775

Washburn, WI $51,576

Webster, WI $51,639

Weyerhaeuser, WI $51,555

Winter, WI $51,309

Oshkosh, WI $52,443

Almond, WI $51,876

Appleton, WI $52,747

Bancroft, WI $51,714

Bear Creek, WI $52,178

Berlin, WI $52,214

Big Falls, WI $52,058

Butte Des Morts, WI $52,416

Caroline, WI $51,917

Clintonville, WI $52,051

Coloma, WI $51,740

Dale, WI $52,511

Eldorado, WI $52,319

Embarrass, WI $52,034

Eureka, WI $52,228

Fond Du Lac, WI $52,574

Jefferson, WI $52,863

Juda, WI $52,477

Lake Mills, WI $53,116

Linden, WI $52,339

Livingston, WI $52,070

Lodi, WI $53,249

Lone Rock, WI $52,354

Lowell, WI $52,910

Mc Farland, WI $53,617

Marshall, WI $53,353

Mazomanie, WI $53,227

Merrimac, WI $53,017

Middleton, WI $53,578

Milton, WI $52,712

Mineral Point, WI $52,362

Monroe, WI $52,444

Montfort, WI $52,093

Monticello, WI $52,842

Morrisonville, WI $53,425

Mount Horeb, WI $53,173

Muscoda, WI $52,004

New Glarus, WI $53,059

Oregon, WI $53,527

Orfordville, WI $52,598

Plain, WI $52,513

Prairie Du Sac, WI $53,045

Reeseville, WI $53,017

Rewey, WI $52,129

Richland Center, WI $51,952

Ridgeway, WI $52,890

Sauk City, WI $53,060

Sextonville, WI $52,430

Sharon, WI $52,628

Shullsburg, WI $51,916

South Wayne, WI $52,127

Spring Green, WI $52,715

Stoughton, WI $53,426

Sun Prairie, WI $53,480

Verona, WI $53,465

Waterloo, WI $53,188

Waunakee, WI $53,599

Windsor, WI $53,565

Woodford, WI $52,436

Madison, WI $53,712

HRO Salary by Industry: Top Paying Sectors

For HRO roles, the industry you choose can affect earning potential by as much as 38% (the gap between the highest and lowest paying industries). Data shows that the Internet and Energy & Utilities sectors offer the strongest compensation, at 20% above the average. In contrast, HRO positions in Transportation or Edu., Gov't. & Nonprofit typically offer lower base pay, as these industries often view HRO as a support function rather than a direct revenue driver.

The top paying industries for a HRO

Industry Sector	Average Annual Salary	Average Hourly Rate	Pay vs.Avg
Internet	$64,356	$31.0	20%
Energy & Utilities	$61,675	$30.0	15%
Aerospace & Defense	$60,066	$29.0	12%
Financial Services	$60,066	$29.0	12%
Pharmaceuticals	$58,993	$28.0	10%

HRO Salary: Hourly Rate, Weekly Pay, and Monthly Pay

Understanding how a HRO's annual salary breaks down can help with budgeting. Below, you can see the average hourly rate, weekly pay, and monthly pay for this role. Use the buttons to switch between different pay periods.

$49,879

Average $53,630/year

$58,470

$4,157

Average $4,469/month

$4,873

$959

Average $1,031/week

$1,124

$24

Average $26/hour

$28

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$58,470	$4,873	$1,124	$28
Average	$53,630	$4,469	$1,031	$26
25th Percentile	$49,879	$4,157	$959	$24

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