Career Explorer Office and admin
Changing shape
Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping
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.
Among the careers AI is changing fastest: more resilient than 4% of the 831 careers we score. AI exposure is very high (the Bureau of Labor Statistics rates it very high), and US jobs are projected to change by -6.2% by 2035, expected to shrink. The work leans on emotional intelligence.
AI can do many of the tasks, and hiring is expected to grow slower than average or to shrink. The job is likely to change, so build the human parts of it.
- Median pay (2025)
- $50,610
- Job growth to 2035
- -6.2%
- Openings a year
- 7,900
- People doing it (2025)
- 96,500
- Usual route in
- Associate's degree
Where people already use AI for this work
- Explain regulations, policies, or procedures
- Gather information from physical or electronic sources
- Compile records, documentation, or other data
From Microsoft Research, Working with AI (2025).
Work AI rarely helps with
- Perform recruiting or hiring activities
- Maintain operational records
- Perform human resources activities
What the work looks like
- 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.
- Interview job applicants to obtain and verify information used to screen and evaluate them.
- Explain company personnel policies, benefits, and procedures to employees or job applicants.
- Process and review employment applications to evaluate qualifications or eligibility of applicants.
From O*NET 31.0, US Department of Labor.
What the Bureau of Labor Statistics expects
- Fewer of these jobs, as organizations combine their administrative functions and leverage HR technology, resulting in the need for fewer human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping.
Careers using similar strengths, with a stronger outlook
- Substitute teachers, short-termChanging shape, Index 29, +2.0%
- Tax examiners and collectors, and revenue agentsChanging shape, Index 5, -1.0%
- Financial examinersGrows with AI, Index 30, +9.3%
- Medical records specialistsGrows with AI, Index 13, +7.8%
Also known as: Human Resources Administrative Assistant (HR Administrative Assistant), Human Resources Assistant (HR Assistant), Human Resources Associate (HR Associate), Personnel Clerk.
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Sources: US Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections 2025 to 2035; O*NET 31.0; Microsoft Research (2025); Anthropic Economic Index (2026); Eloundou and colleagues (Science, 2024); Felten, Raj and Seamans (2023). How we score. Updated 12 October 2026.