People Business Partner salary
4 market ranges · employer-stated pay · updated Oct 19, 2026
The best-evidenced figure here is for people business partner roles at mid level across the United States: 25 postings where the employer stated pay put the middle half between $124,500 and $162,720, with a median of $137,500.
Pay rises with seniority across the United States: the medians run mid-level $137,500 and senior $160,000. Moving from mid-level to senior is worth roughly 16% more.
Every range here is counted from real postings, never modelled. 2 of the 4 ranges in the table rest on fewer than 10 postings and are marked hint: treat those as hints rather than benchmarks.
Every measured range
4 by market and level| Market | Level | Market range | Median | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States · country-wide | Mid | $124,500 – $162,720 | $137,500 | 25 |
| United States · country-wide | Senior | $137,500 – $185,000 | $160,000 | 23 |
| New York | Senior | $137,500 – $153,558 | $137,500 | 7hint |
| San Francisco | Mid | $168,000 – $225,000 | $206,800 | 5hint |
Entry is junior titles. Mid is mid-level and manager titles. Senior is senior titles. Lead is director, VP and above. Rows marked hint rest on fewer than 10 postings: read them as a hint, not a benchmark.
Ranges span the 25th to 75th percentile of employer-stated base pay for the market and level. Median is the 50th percentile. Sample is the number of postings measured.
Pay by market
2 pagesOpen people business partner roles · 54 with stated pay
Pay marked e is our estimate. Everything else is the employer's own figure.
this job's paywhere most pay sits here, $115,000–$210,000scale $60,000–$300,000
60 of 72 open roles. All people business partner jobs