Honolulu, HI (population: 375,134) has two human resources schools within its city limits. University of Hawaii at Manoa, the highest ranked school in the city with a human resources program, has a total student population of 20,435. It is the 282nd highest ranked school in the USA and the highest in the state of Hawaii.
Human Resources students from Honolulu schools who go on to become human resource workers, hr managers, human resource managers, human resource specialists, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 219,240 people working as human resources, training, and labor relations specialists alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $59,070. Also, Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists make on average $54,530 per year and there are about 198,190 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the Honolulu area alone, there are 680 employed employment, recruitment, and placement specialists earning an average salary of $59,760. Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists in this area earn $62,640/yr and there are 440 employed.
Honolulu lies in Honolulu county, which is one of the 4 counties in Hawaii. Overall, the Honolulu area has 430,700 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 1% unemployment rate, $21/hr average worker wage, and a $43,760 average annual salary. Thus, about 1 out of every 1000 jobs in Honolulu are held by human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, and 2/1000 are held by employment, recruitment, and placement specialists.
Of the 2 human resources schools in Honolulu, only 1 has a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Hawaii Pacific University comes out as the most expensive ($15,952/yr) for human resources students, with University of Hawaii at Manoa as the lowest, reported at only $10,275/yr.
| Name | State | Population | # of Schools | Avg School Rank | Total Programs | Distance from Honolulu |
| Kaneohe | HI | - | 1 | 8.23652 | 2 | 6.2 miles |
| Pearl City | HI | - | 2 | 22.3389 | 25 | 12.4 miles |