75+ HR & Recruiting Jobs in Indianapolis, IN

The cleanest local pay anchor is the BLS series for human resources specialists: mean pay was $75,390, median pay was $67,300, the 25th percentile was $53,210, and the 75th percentile was $91,850 in 2025. Recent posted salaries in the local sample centered on about $66k to $82k, with a broader 25th-75th band of about $49k to $126k. HR managers sit in a different pay tier entirely, with a local median of $135,770, but that leadership group only accounts for 1,300 jobs locally.

Full September 2026 market report

Advertised pay

Across the 47 openings that disclose pay, the advertised range midpoint runs $52,489 at the 25th percentile, $63,273 at the median and $75,000 at the 75th. These are advertised ranges, not earned pay.

Active openings as of October 17, 2026

Senior roles | Entry level | Remote | Posted this week

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What our analysts see this month

Balanced market | next 3-6 months

Indianapolis looks like a balanced but selective market for HR, recruiting, and people ops over the next 3-6 months. Metro unemployment was 3.3% in August 2026, and the local sample still showed more than 100 HR, recruiting, and people-ops postings across more than 75 companies over the last 90 days. The catch is that the broader local white-collar backdrop is softer: Indianapolis professional and business services employment was down -2.7434% year over year in August, even as Revelio Public Labor Statistics shows Indiana HR employment up +1.4% and active HR postings up +5.6% year over year in September.

Best positioned: You have the best odds if you're a mid-career recruiter, HR generalist, or HRBP who can show interviewing, applicant tracking systems, sourcing, and benefits administration experience and can work on-site or hybrid in healthcare, insurance, construction, or staffing.

Main caution: Don't assume remote talent-acquisition roles are the core market: only about 10% of the local sample was remote, while about 50% of openings skewed mid-level rather than entry-level.

From the September 2026 market report

Who is hiring here

Counted across all 91 openings in this market. 10 of the employers below are hiring for more than one role right now.

1. Medasource: 4 open roles
2. Gaylor Electric, Inc.: 3 open roles
3. IU Health: 3 open roles
4. Jobsatrba: 3 open roles
5. Kittle Property Group: 3 open roles
6. Renewal by Andersen Corporation: 3 open roles
7. Alfa Laval: 2 open roles
8. AO Garcia Agency: 2 open roles
9. CSpring: 2 open roles
10. Dayton Freight Company: 2 open roles

Where the openings are

• Indianapolis: 70
• Greenwood: 7
• Carmel: 6
• San Francisco: 2
• Franklin: 1
• Noblesville: 1
• Fishers: 1
• Zionsville: 1

Work arrangement

on-site 61 (69%), hybrid 19 (21%), remote 9 (10%)

Where the demand is

Opportunity is spread across several employer types rather than one dominant buyer. Over the last 90 days, the local sample captured more than 100 postings across more than 75 companies, and hiring was fragmented across employers. The most active industry pockets were insurance, hospitals and health care, construction, software development, and staffing and recruiting. That mix matters because different sectors want different flavors of HR. Staffing and software employers lean harder on sourcing, interviewing, recruiting, and ATS fluency, while healthcare, insurance, and construction are better fits for HR generalists and people-ops candidates who can handle benefits administration and cross-functional process work. Flexibility matters too: about 55% of the local sample was on-site, about 35% hybrid, and about 10% remote.

• Hospitals and health care (high): About 20% of the local sample sat in hospitals and health care, and IU Health was among the consistently active employers.
• Staffing and recruiting (high): Staffing and recruiting represented about 10% of the sample, with Medasource, TQL, Eight Eleven Group, and Morales Group among the active names; this is the clearest fit for sourcing- and ATS-heavy profiles.
• Insurance and construction generalist track (moderate): Insurance and construction each accounted for about 20% of the sample, a good sign for generalist, benefits, and employee-relations work that is comfortable with on-site operations.
• Remote-only search (limited): Only about 10% of the local sample was remote, so remote-only targeting is a narrow lane here.

Where to focus: Prioritize mid-level on-site or hybrid openings in healthcare, insurance, construction, and staffing before chasing remote-only TA roles.

Roles worth searching next

• Operations Coordinator / Office Manager: A lot of the transferable value is workflow control, scheduling, documentation, stakeholder coordination, and basic project management.
• Project Coordinator / PMO Coordinator: Project management shows up in local HR postings, so your process and rollout skills can travel into business operations roles.
• Customer Onboarding / Client Success Specialist: Interviewing, stakeholder communication, and process handoffs overlap well with onboarding and client-facing coordination work.
• Compliance Coordinator: Policy interpretation, documentation discipline, confidentiality, and process consistency are useful on both sides.

What postings ask for

• Applicant tracking systems (table_stakes | immediate): Applicant tracking systems appeared in about 15% of local postings, making them one of the clearest screening skills in this market. Who: Everyone, but especially entry-level recruiters and career switchers who need to prove process readiness.
• Interviewing (table_stakes | immediate): Interviewing showed up in about 15% of local postings, so employers are signaling that structured screening and candidate evaluation still matter. Who: Recruiters, coordinators moving up, and anyone trying to enter HR through talent acquisition.
• Sourcing (differentiator | immediate): Sourcing also appeared in about 15% of local postings, which makes it one of the fastest ways to stand out in recruiter-heavy searches. Who: Recruiters, agency candidates, and switchers coming from sales, customer success, or research-heavy roles.
• Benefits administration (differentiator | near-term): Benefits administration appeared in about 10% of local postings and helps candidates fit the insurance, healthcare, and generalist side of the market. Who: HR coordinators, HR generalists, and operations candidates trying to move into people support work.
• Project management (differentiator | near-term): Project management appeared in about 10% of local postings, which matters because many employers want HR people who can run rollouts, onboarding flows, and policy changes cleanly. Who: Mid-career generalists and career switchers coming from operations, admin, or client delivery.
• SHRM-SCP (premium | long-term): SHRM-SCP was the certification most often required in the local sample, but only about 5% of postings named it, so it works better as a senior-level differentiator than as a basic entry ticket. Who: Established HR generalists, HRBPs, and manager-track candidates targeting higher-trust roles.

Questions about this market

What do Human Resources, Recruiting & People Operations roles pay in Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN?

The cleanest local pay anchor is the BLS series for human resources specialists: mean pay was $75,390, median pay was $67,300, the 25th percentile was $53,210, and the 75th percentile was $91,850 in 2025. Recent posted salaries in the local sample centered on about $66k to $82k, with a broader 25th-75th band of about $49k to $126k. HR managers sit in a different pay tier entirely, with a local median of $135,770, but that leadership group only accounts for 1,300 jobs locally. For most candidates, this is a decent-pay market rather than a premium-pay market. Local HR specialist pay sits below the national median of $75,940 and national mean of $81,990, so Indianapolis can be attractive on fit and stability without being a national salary leader.

Where is demand for Human Resources, Recruiting & People Operations roles in Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN concentrated?

Opportunity is spread across several employer types rather than one dominant buyer. Over the last 90 days, the local sample captured more than 100 postings across more than 75 companies, and hiring was fragmented across employers. The most active industry pockets were insurance, hospitals and health care, construction, software development, and staffing and recruiting. That mix matters because different sectors want different flavors of HR. Staffing and software employers lean harder on sourcing, interviewing, recruiting, and ATS fluency, while healthcare, insurance, and construction are better fits for HR generalists and people-ops candidates who can handle benefits administration and cross-functional process work. Flexibility matters too: about 55% of the local sample was on-site, about 35% hybrid, and about 10% remote.

Which employers are hiring the most Human Resources, Recruiting & People Operations talent in Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN?

Recent postings show the most activity from Salesforce, Inc. (5 postings), Medasource (5 postings), IU Health (5 postings). See the full market report for the complete employer landscape.

Can Human Resources, Recruiting & People Operations roles in Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN be done remotely?

Of recent postings, 10% are remote and 35% hybrid, with 55% on-site. Use the Remote filter above to see only remote openings.

How current are these listings?

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