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Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping

Office and Administrative Support · SOC 43-4161

40.5% AI Exposure — Very High
$50,610
Median Annual Salary
Average
O*NET Outlook
13,800
Proj. Annual Openings
90,220
Employment (OEWS 2025)
-4.3%/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 43-4161 evidence across exposure, wages, projections, postings, certified LCAs, skills, and transitions.

Proxy / seed data labeledDescriptive-only
SOC exposure
40.5%
Very High · Anthropic AEI
Automation friction
43/100
Moderate friction; broad SOC seed ORS job-requirements coverage.
Wages
$50,610
H-1B offered wage $40,560; LCAs are filings.
Projected openings
13,800
BLS EP 2024–2034; employment change -7.1%.
Observed/proxy demand
5
FY2025 certified LCAs; 19,205 postings in 2025.

Skill evidence

Reading ComprehensionActive ListeningSpeakingWritingCritical 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

Explore all pathways

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 Exposure40.5%
AI Resiliency60/100
Exposure BandVery High
Sector Avg. Exposure33.9%

Across AI measures

Multiple exposure lenses for this occupation.

66.1%
Consensus
Actual adoption · Anthropic40.5%
AI capability · OpenAI62.1%
AI ability · AIOE95.8%
Automation baseline (2013) · Frey & Osborne90%

AI could do ~62.1% of this role but only ~40.5% is currently done with AI — a large capability-vs-adoption gap.

Top Skills

1.Reading Comprehension
2.Active Listening
3.Speaking
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.

57
Decade Total (Certified LCAs)
5
FY2025 Volume
0% of all H-1B filings in FY2025
$40,560
Median Offered Wage (Latest Year)
#360 of 776
Rank by Total Volume
H-1B filing volume, FY2016–FY2025

O*NET occupation profile

What this work involves

Compile and keep personnel records. Record data for each employee, such as address, weekly earnings, absences, amount of sales or production, supervisory reports, and date of and reason for termination. May prepare reports for employment records, file employment records, or search employee files and furnish information to authorized persons.

Common titles: Human Resources Administrative Assistant (HR Administrative Assistant), Human Resources Assistant (HR Assistant), Human Resources Associate (HR Associate), Personnel Clerk

Representative Tasks

  • Process, verify, and maintain personnel related documentation, including staffing, recruitment, training, grievances, performance evaluations, classifications, and employee leaves of absence.
  • Record data for each employee, including such information as addresses, weekly earnings, absences, amount of sales or production, supervisory reports on performance, and dates of and reasons for terminations.
  • Explain company personnel policies, benefits, and procedures to employees or job applicants.
  • Provide assistance in administering employee benefit programs and worker's compensation plans.
  • Answer questions regarding examinations, eligibility, salaries, benefits, and other pertinent information.

Detailed Work Activities

  • Record personnel information.
  • Explain regulations, policies, or procedures.
  • Interview employees, customers, or others to collect information.
  • Administer personnel recruitment or hiring activities.
  • Administer compensation or benefits programs.

Tools & Technologies

Microsoft Outlook · hotMicrosoft Word · hotGoogle Docs · hotMicrosoft Access · hotBlackboard LearnBlackboard Learning SystemDatabase softwareEmail softwareFileMaker ProHuman resource management software HRMS

Employment Projections & AI Exposure

15
Occupations Shown
27.0%
Avg AI Exposure
8
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 43-4161: 2019 — employment: 117,340, median wage: $41,430; 2020 — employment: 108,470, median wage: $43,250; 2021 — employment: 102,770, median wage: $45,630; 2022 — employment: 103,680, median wage: $45,930; 2023 — employment: 101,440, median wage: $47,710; 2025 — employment: 90,220, median wage: $50,610.

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

Sector Comparison

MetricThis CareerSector Average
AI Exposure40.5%33.9%
OutlookAverage22% Bright
Median Salary$50,610N/A
AI Resiliency60/100N/A