25+ HR & Recruiting Jobs in Salt Lake City, UT

Government wage data for human resources specialists in the metro shows a 25th percentile of $59,700, a median of $74,410, and a 75th percentile of $96,470, while the broader local posting sample centers on about $65k to $100k. Fresh live examples are lower at the entry end: one recruiter role listed $50,000 to $65,000 plus bonuses, and one HR coordinator role listed $21–$23 per hour.

Full August 2026 market report

Advertised pay

Across the 13 openings that disclose pay, the advertised range midpoint runs $52,000 at the 25th percentile, $70,000 at the median and $88,240 at the 75th. These are advertised ranges, not earned pay.

Active openings as of September 11, 2026

Senior roles | Entry level | Remote | Posted this week

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What our analysts see this month

Competitive market | next 3-6 months

Salt Lake City is still a real HR market, but not an easy one. The metro unemployment rate was 3.5% in July 2026, total nonfarm employment was 862 thousand in June 2026, and professional and business services employment was 155.6 thousand, up 6.0668% year over year, so the local economy is still adding the kinds of jobs that usually need HR support. At the same time, Utah-level data for this occupation family shows employment up 1.1% year over year in August 2026 while active postings were down 2.2%, which points to selective hiring and tougher competition per opening.

Best positioned: Candidates with 2-5 years of experience, HRIS and Excel fluency, sourcing or LinkedIn Recruiter skill, and flexibility for on-site or hybrid work have the best odds right now.

Main caution: Do not assume a healthy local economy means easy HR hiring; statewide openings in the field are slightly down and national hires are still soft, so employers can run slower, pickier searches.

From the August 2026 market report

Who is hiring here

Counted across all 32 openings in this market. 2 of the employers below are hiring for more than one role right now.

1. Kelso Industries LLC: 3 open roles
2. Air Force Civilian Service: 2 open roles
3. 1-800 Contacts, Inc.: 1 open role
4. Aerotek, Inc.: 1 open role
5. American Cruise Lines: 1 open role
6. Audiohook: 1 open role
7. Bartlett Roofing: 1 open role
8. Biomerieux, Inc.: 1 open role
9. Brex Inc.: 1 open role
10. Cementation: 1 open role

Where the openings are

• Salt Lake City: 15
• Draper: 6
• Sandy: 3
• Layton: 2
• Farmington: 1
• Bluffdale: 1
• Lehi: 1
• South Salt Lake: 1

Work arrangement

on-site 19 (63%), hybrid 10 (33%), remote 1 (3%)

Where the demand is

Real opportunity is spread across a long tail rather than a few dominant employers. In the local posting sample, hiring is fragmented, with more than 75 postings across more than 50 companies over the last 90 days, and the most-active industries are insurance (about 25%), consulting (about 15%), financial services (about 15%), manufacturing (about 10%), and facilities services (about 10%). Within those industries, the clearest live signals are on-site recruiter and coordinator work plus generalist and leadership roles inside operating businesses. Recent examples include an in-office recruiter at Bartlett Roofing, an on-site Sr. HR Generalist at Jabil, an on-site HR Coordinator at Trulite Glass & Aluminum Solutions, and a Vice President of Human Resources search at Dyno Nobel Americas. Local work arrangements still lean slightly toward office-based roles overall, at about 40% on-site versus about 30% hybrid and about 30% remote. That mix favors candidates who can handle hiring volume, employee support, and systems work inside employers that still need hands-on people coverage rather than purely strategic remote people-ops roles.

• Manufacturing and industrial HR support (high): On-site generalist, coordinator, and leadership needs are visible at Jabil, Trulite Glass & Aluminum Solutions, and Dyno Nobel Americas, which is a good fit for candidates comfortable with plant, field, or multi-shift environments.
• Volume recruiting for field and service employers (moderate): Recruiter demand is visible in firms using full-cycle, in-office hiring models, and local postings frequently ask for sourcing, LinkedIn Recruiter, and customer-service skill.
• Remote-first strategic people ops (limited): Remote roles exist, but only about 30% of the work arrangement mix is remote and only about 10% of postings are lead+ roles, so pure remote strategy jobs are a smaller slice of the market.

Where to focus: Prioritize on-site and hybrid generalist, coordinator, and recruiter openings in insurance, manufacturing, consulting, and financial services before chasing remote people-ops strategy roles.

Roles worth searching next

• Operations Coordinator: Local HR postings repeatedly ask for customer service, Excel, Office, and coordination-heavy skills that transfer directly into business operations work.
• Business Operations Analyst: HR roles are moving toward analytics and HR technology, so candidates who like reporting can pivot into analyst work more easily than into pure recruiting.
• Compliance Coordinator: Local demand is concentrated in insurance, financial services, and manufacturing, and compliance-heavy HR skills align well with regulated operations roles.
• Customer Success or Account Coordinator: Insurance and consulting are two of the most-active local industries for this market, and customer service is a common skill ask, so people-facing HR candidates can bridge into client-facing coordination roles.

What postings ask for

• HRIS (differentiator | immediate): HRIS appears in about 10% of local postings, and HR technology proficiency is also flagged nationally as an in-demand HR capability. Who: Best for mid-career candidates and switchers who want to look more operationally useful, not just people-friendly.
• LinkedIn Recruiter and sourcing (differentiator | immediate): LinkedIn Recruiter and sourcing each show up in about 10% of local postings, making them especially useful for recruiter and talent-acquisition paths. Who: Anyone targeting recruiter, talent acquisition, or high-volume hiring roles.
• Excel and reporting (table_stakes | immediate): Microsoft Excel appears in about 10% of local postings, with Office suite requirements also showing up regularly, so reporting and spreadsheet fluency is baseline for many coordinator and generalist roles. Who: Entry-level candidates, career switchers, and anyone whose resume currently reads as purely relationship-based.
• SHRM-CP or PHR (differentiator | near-term): SHRM-CP and PHR are the certifications most often required locally, each appearing in about 5% of postings that specify a credential. Who: Mid-career generalists and switchers who need a cleaner credibility signal.
• English-Spanish bilingual communication (premium | immediate): A recent downtown hotel HR coordinator opening required English-Spanish bilingual ability plus Microsoft Office and Canva, showing a real niche in frontline-heavy employers. Who: Candidates targeting hospitality, service, warehouse, or other frontline employee populations.
• Compensation, benefits, and compliance (premium | near-term): Compensation and benefits specialist roles are projected to see a 2.4% starting-salary premium gain, which makes compliance-heavy total rewards work one of the better specialist bets. Who: Generalists who want a specialty track with stronger pay insulation.

Questions about this market

What do Human Resources, Recruiting & People Operations roles pay in Salt Lake City-Murray, UT?

Government wage data for human resources specialists in the metro shows a 25th percentile of $59,700, a median of $74,410, and a 75th percentile of $96,470, while the broader local posting sample centers on about $65k to $100k. Fresh live examples are lower at the entry end: one recruiter role listed $50,000 to $65,000 plus bonuses, and one HR coordinator role listed $21–$23 per hour. This is a solid but not outsized pay market: you can build a good HR career here, but the more attractive bands usually show up after you move beyond coordinator work and into generalist, recruiter ownership, or specialist tracks.

Where is demand for Human Resources, Recruiting & People Operations roles in Salt Lake City-Murray, UT concentrated?

Real opportunity is spread across a long tail rather than a few dominant employers. In the local posting sample, hiring is fragmented, with more than 75 postings across more than 50 companies over the last 90 days, and the most-active industries are insurance (about 25%), consulting (about 15%), financial services (about 15%), manufacturing (about 10%), and facilities services (about 10%). Within those industries, the clearest live signals are on-site recruiter and coordinator work plus generalist and leadership roles inside operating businesses. Recent examples include an in-office recruiter at Bartlett Roofing, an on-site Sr. HR Generalist at Jabil, an on-site HR Coordinator at Trulite Glass & Aluminum Solutions, and a Vice President of Human Resources search at Dyno Nobel Americas. Local work arrangements still lean slightly toward office-based roles overall, at about 40% on-site versus about 30% hybrid and about 30% remote. That mix favors candidates who can handle hiring volume, employee support, and systems work inside employers that still need hands-on people coverage rather than purely strategic remote people-ops roles.

Which employers are hiring the most Human Resources, Recruiting & People Operations talent in Salt Lake City-Murray, UT?

Recent postings show the most activity from Global Elite Empire Consultants (10 postings), AO Garcia Agency (5 postings), Cafe Rio (5 postings). See the full market report for the complete employer landscape.

Can Human Resources, Recruiting & People Operations roles in Salt Lake City-Murray, UT be done remotely?

Of recent postings, 30% are remote and 30% hybrid, with 40% on-site. Use the Remote filter above to see only remote openings.

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