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Human Resources Specialists

Business and Financial Operations · SOC 13-1071

40.3% AI Exposure — Very High
$75,940
Median Annual Salary
Average
O*NET Outlook
67,700
Proj. Annual Openings
912,430
Employment (OEWS 2025)
+6.3%/yr
Empl. growth (2019–2025)
60/100
AI Resiliency Score

AI exposure from the Anthropic Economic Index (2025); salary from BLS; skills from O*NET. See /sources.

Decision card

Career Evidence Passport

SOC 13-1071 evidence across exposure, wages, projections, postings, certified LCAs, skills, and transitions.

Proxy / seed data labeledDescriptive-only
SOC exposure
40.3%
Very High · Anthropic AEI
Automation friction
44/100
Moderate friction; broad SOC seed ORS job-requirements coverage.
Wages
$75,940
H-1B offered wage $75,621; LCAs are filings.
Projected openings
67,700
BLS EP 2024–2034; employment change +6.2%.
Observed/proxy demand
842
FY2025 certified LCAs; 136,760 postings in 2025.

Skill evidence

SpeakingReading ComprehensionActive ListeningWritingCritical Thinking
  • H-1B values are certified Labor Condition Applications, not visa approvals.
  • Job postings are seed-static / seed-derived; treat as provider-ready proxy coverage until observed provider data is wired in.
  • Transition matches are directional skill-overlap context, not placement guarantees.
  • This release is a FutureGrid broad-SOC seed derived from public BLS ORS requirement concepts and categories, not direct occupation-level ORS survey estimates. It describes job requirements, not worker ability, AI capability, or displacement probability. Automation friction is a FutureGrid derived score and should be read alongside exposure, demand, wage, and projection signals.

Best transitions from here

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Lower AI-exposure roles that reuse your skills, ranked by a transition score (skills that transfer, safety gain, pay and retraining effort).

AI Exposure Analysis

AI Exposure40.3%
AI Resiliency60/100
Exposure BandVery High
Sector Avg. Exposure29.0%

Across AI measures

Multiple exposure lenses for this occupation.

66.9%
Consensus
Actual adoption · Anthropic40.3%
AI capability · OpenAI64.4%
AI ability · AIOE96%

AI could do ~64.4% of this role but only ~40.3% is currently done with AI — a large capability-vs-adoption gap.

Top Skills

1.Speaking
2.Reading Comprehension
3.Active Listening
4.Writing
5.Critical Thinking

H-1B Visa Sponsorship Demand

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Certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications naming this occupation, FY2016–FY2025. A descriptive high-skill labor-demand signal — employer filings, not visa approvals or individual outcomes. Note: one LCA can cover multiple worker positions.

8,612
Decade Total (Certified LCAs)
842
FY2025 Volume
0% of all H-1B filings in FY2025
$75,621
Median Offered Wage (Latest Year)
#60 of 776
Rank by Total Volume
H-1B filing volume, FY2016–FY2025

O*NET occupation profile

What this work involves

Recruit, screen, interview, or place individuals within an organization. May perform other activities in multiple human resources areas.

Common titles: Corporate Recruiter, Employment Representative, HR Analyst (Human Resources Analyst), HR Coordinator (Human Resources Coordinator), HR Generalist (Human Resources Generalist), Human Resources Representative (HR Rep)

Representative Tasks

  • Interpret and explain human resources policies, procedures, laws, standards, or regulations.
  • Hire employees and process hiring-related paperwork.
  • Maintain current knowledge of Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and affirmative action guidelines and laws, such as the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
  • Prepare or maintain employment records related to events, such as hiring, termination, leaves, transfers, or promotions, using human resources management system software.
  • Address employee relations issues, such as harassment allegations, work complaints, or other employee concerns.

Detailed Work Activities

  • Explain regulations, policies, or procedures.
  • Administer personnel recruitment or hiring activities.
  • Update knowledge of legal or regulatory environments.
  • Administer compensation or benefits programs.
  • Perform human resources activities.

Tools & Technologies

Workday software · hotAdobe Creative Cloud software · hotAdobe Illustrator · hotAdobe Photoshop · hotMicrosoft SQL Server · hotOracle Database · hotOracle PeopleSoft · hotSAP software · hotTableau · hotADP Workforce Now

Employment Projections & AI Exposure

15
Occupations Shown
26.0%
Avg AI Exposure
9
Bright Outlook
Horizontal bar chart showing occupations with the highest projected annual openings. Each bar length represents annual projected openings. Color uses a gradient from violet (lower) to cyan (higher). Summary statistics are shown above the chart.

Employment & Wage Trend

BLS OEWS, 2019–2025


Occupation Employment & Wage TrendMulti-year BLS OEWS history for SOC 13-1071: 2019 — employment: 633,040, median wage: $61,920; 2020 — employment: 647,810, median wage: $63,490; 2021 — employment: 740,830, median wage: $62,290; 2022 — employment: 835,360, median wage: $64,240; 2023 — employment: 895,970, median wage: $67,650; 2025 — employment: 912,430, median wage: $75,940.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS). See /sources.

Sector Comparison

MetricThis CareerSector Average
AI Exposure40.3%29.0%
OutlookAverage48% Bright
Median Salary$75,940N/A
AI Resiliency60/100N/A