Most remote HR jobs are recruiting jobs. Recruiters and talent acquisition partners are the biggest group in our feed, HR business partners are fewer but pay the most, and payroll roles are tied to the country whose payroll they run. In the 30 days to November 7, 2026 we tracked about 2,800 remote HR and recruiting postings. The ones that stated pay had a median of about $100k.
Newest remote HR and recruiting openings in our feed
Live list, refreshed Nov 13, 2026
- A$80k+
- G
- N
- A$55k to $80k
- L$19 to $26/hr
- C
$25 to $27/hr - Q
$75k to $90k - T
- P
$84k to $110k - F
Which remote HR jobs pay what?
Middle half of postings with pay, dot at the median
| Recruiter | $69k to $125k |
| HR business partner | $97k to $150k |
| Payroll or benefits | $65k to $113k |
| HR generalist or coordinator | $60k to $82k |
Grouped by words in the job title. Mostly US-dollar pay.
Source: Our job data, Nov 13, 2026
| Type | With pay | What postings asked |
|---|---|---|
| Recruiter or talent acquisition | 371 | Proof you've hired similar roles, often sales |
| HR business partner | 86 | Usually senior; the one we read was a VP |
| Payroll or benefits | 124 | Tied to one country's payroll |
| HR generalist or coordinator | 95 | Entry level, often hourly ($24.65 at one) |
With pay counts postings that stated pay and matched each title group in the 30 days to November 7, 2026.
Source: UnlistedRemote job feed and reading of live postings, November 7, 2026
Source: Our job data, Nov 13, 2026
Pay numbers come only from postings that stated pay, about a third of the total. The middle half ran from about $72k to $140k. About 11% of raw postings came from repost or staffing-spam accounts, which we keep out of the cards and the employer chart.
Do you need SHRM or PHR for a remote HR job?
| Workday | 8 |
| Greenhouse | 4 |
| LinkedIn Recruiter | 3 |
| Payroll cert (CPP or FPC) | 2 |
| Rippling | 1 |
| ADP | 1 |
| UKG | 1 |
| SHRM or PHR | 0 |
Count of postings that mention each item anywhere in the text. A small sample, read in full.
Source: UnlistedRemote reading of 19 live employer postings, November 7, 2026
Not in the 19 we read. None of them mentioned SHRM-CP, SHRM-SCP or PHR, even as a nice-to-have. What they named was software. Workday came up in 8, most often as the payroll or recruiting system you'd work in every day. Greenhouse and LinkedIn Recruiter came up for recruiter roles at tech companies, and one people operations analyst role wanted hands-on Rippling administration.
A certification can still help you get past a human screener, especially in HR generalist roles. But if you have a weekend to spend, we'd spend it getting comfortable in the HRIS or ATS your target companies use, then naming it on your resume.
Recruiting is the biggest door, and much of it is sales hiring
Recruiter titles had 371 postings with stated pay, more than the other three groups combined. In our read, the recruiter roles at software companies were specific: a senior sales recruiter at Grafana Labs, sales recruiting managers for the Americas and for Asia Pacific at GitLab, and a contract sourcer for sales roles in Australia and Singapore. They wanted people who had hired sales talent before, account executives in particular, and Grafana Labs asked for 5+ years of recruiting in SaaS or tech.
That's useful if you're switching in. A recruiter who has filled quota-carrying sales roles is easier to place than a generalist, so lead with the roles you've actually filled. Recruiting process outsourcing firms such as Cielo, which was among the top posters in early November, hire recruiters to work on client hiring. It's a good way in if in-house roles keep asking for SaaS experience you don't have yet.
Who is posting remote HR jobs
| Mercor | 46 |
| Servi-Tek Facility Solutions | 17 |
| Ethos | 14 |
| GE Vernova | 14 |
| Amazon | 14 |
| APV | 12 |
| Ascensus | 10 |
| Crossing Hurdles | 10 |
| Ensemble Health Partners | 10 |
| Learntastic | 9 |
Counts are postings, not hires.
Source: Our job data, Nov 13, 2026
Apart from AI-training platforms, the list is mostly ordinary employers and recruiting firms. Amazon has its own page here with every open role: Amazon careers.
Payroll jobs follow the payroll
A payroll role is remote, but it isn't location-free. In our read, Twilio hired payroll analysts in Mexico to run Colombia and Latin America payroll and US plus Mexico payroll, and a payroll tax analyst in Ireland. Affirm's global payroll manager role was in the UK and asked for 10 to 15 years of EMEA payroll. Two of the Twilio postings named a payroll certification (CPP or FPC).
One trap: "payroll" in a title doesn't always mean payroll work. An Account Executive, Payroll Sales posting in this feed was a quota-carrying sales job selling payroll software. Fine if you want sales, a waste of an application if you don't.
How remote is a remote HR job?
Of the 19 postings we read, 11 mentioned some in-person time, even if only in-person onboarding or ad hoc team gatherings. Both generalist and coordinator roles went further. The HR generalist had to be willing to travel and work on site at client locations, and a part-time bilingual HR coordinator role, paying $20 to $30 an hour with fluent Spanish and English, asked for occasional office visits and fieldwork. If you need zero travel, ask in the first call.
Resume lines that work for remote recruiting roles
Owned [25] open requisitions end to end in [Greenhouse], from intake call to signed offer, for hiring teams in [3] time zones. Filled [8] account executive roles in [one quarter] by sourcing passive candidates through [LinkedIn Recruiter]. Kept scorecards and notes complete in [Workday] so hiring managers could decide without an extra sync call. Ran structured video interviews and debriefs for [US and EMEA] teams, all asynchronous between rounds.
Name the system, the volume and the kind of role you filled. Those three are what the postings we read screened for.
Payroll often sits close to accounting. If that's your side of the house, see remote accounting jobs. For people analytics roles, remote data analyst jobs is the closer match.
Questions people ask
Are there entry-level remote HR jobs?
Some, mostly HR coordinator and generalist roles, and they often pay hourly. One HR generalist role in our read started at $24.65 an hour. Both entry-level roles we read also asked for some on-site time, so check the location paragraph closely.
Which remote HR jobs require Workday experience?
Workday came up in 8 of the 19 remote HR postings we read, across recruiting, HR operations and payroll roles. Large employers that hire through myworkdayjobs.com career sites are the most likely to ask for it.
What is the difference between agency and in-house remote recruiter jobs?
In-house recruiters hire for one employer and are judged on filling its roles well. Agency and outsourcing recruiters hire for client companies, often on targets. Agency or outsourcing work can be the easier way into remote recruiting if in-house roles keep asking for a sector you haven't worked in.
Are there part-time remote HR jobs?
A few. In our read, a bilingual HR coordinator role was part-time and as needed, and a university hired part-time remote faculty to teach HR courses, which required a master's degree in human resource management. Our part-time remote jobs page tracks more.
Can I get a remote HR job in India or Canada?
Yes, but there are far fewer. Of the remote HR postings tagged with a country in the 30 days to November 7, most were in the US, with India and Canada next at under a hundred each. Our India and Canada pages list every remote role tagged there. HR work depends on local employment law, so these are usually roles for that country's workforce.