Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping

Office and Administrative Support Occupations

O*NET-SOC code: 43-4161.00

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.

Data source: BLSPublished: 2026-08
Very high· relative
LowFour relative bandsVery high
Group-level value
Scale, basis and source
Four relative bands (Low / Moderate / High / Very high)
831 detailed occupations in the BLS Employment Projections table. Assigned per National Employment Matrix (NEM) code, so occupations sharing a NEM code carry the same band
Source dataset (XLSX download)
Data source: AnthropicPublished: 2026-03
0.405
0.000Range of values carried here0.745
Scale, basis and source
Observed exposure index, 0–1 as published
Mapped onto O*NET tasks
Published per SOC 2018 occupation; every O*NET occupation with the same SOC 2018 code carries this value
Source dataset (CSV download)
Data source: ILOPublished: 2025
0.60
0.09Range of values carried here0.70
Group-level value
Scale, basis and source
Generative AI exposure index, 0–1 as published
Published per ISCO-08 unit group. Linked to this occupation, wholly or in part, by applying U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics crosswalks (ISCO-08 to 2010 SOC, 2010 SOC to 2018 SOC) as published
Source dataset (PDF download)

What kind of figure this source publishes

The BLS category is a relative rank, not an absolute level, and it is not a first-hand measurement: it groups an occupation's percentile ranks across several published studies into four bands. It is not an employment or wage forecast, not a probability of adoption, and it does not separate automation from augmentation.

Task-level exposure

Show 11 hidden tasks

19 rated tasks · 18 tasks with β ≥ 0.5 (94.7%)

β = direct exposure (E1) + 0.5 × exposure when tools are available (E2), per the source repository's definition.

Source unit: O*NET 27.2 tasks → O*NET 31.0 occupation code
All rated tasks are in the O*NET 31.0 task list.

Source: OpenAI "GPTs are GPTs" exposure rubric
Release: gh-main-0471612
License: MIT License, Copyright (c) 2024 OpenAI

Task (O*NET 20.1)	Claude.aiRaw / share %
Process and review employment applications to evaluate qualifications or eligibility of applicants. 43-4161.00	0.028139.1
Inform job applicants of their acceptance or rejection of employment. 43-4161.00	0.010614.7
Arrange for advertising or posting of job vacancies and notify eligible workers of position availability. 43-4161.00	0.009613.3
Explain company personnel policies, benefits, and procedures to employees or job applicants. 43-4161.00	0.009212.8
Answer questions regarding examinations, eligibility, salaries, benefits, and other pertinent information. 43-4161.00	0.008712.1
Process, verify, and maintain personnel related documentation, including staffing, recruitment, training, grievances, performance evaluations, classifications, and employee leaves of absence. 43-4161.00	0.00385.3
Compile and prepare reports and documents pertaining to personnel activities. 43-4161.00	0.00202.7

Values in this tab are predicted labels, not observations. Eloundou et al. (2023) published two rating regimes — human raters and GPT-4 — and the β shown here is derived from the GPT-4 rater basis alone; the same task can take a different value under the other regime. The unit and the meaning differ from the observed shares (%) in the other tabs, so do not place them on the same axis.

Task (O*NET 27.2)	βE1 + 0.5 × E2
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. O*NET Task ID 2689	1.0
Answer questions regarding examinations, eligibility, salaries, benefits, and other pertinent information. O*NET Task ID 2691	1.0
Compile and prepare reports and documents pertaining to personnel activities. O*NET Task ID 2697	1.0
Inform job applicants of their acceptance or rejection of employment. O*NET Task ID 2698	1.0
Administer and score applicant and employee aptitude, personality, and interest assessment instruments. O*NET Task ID 2704	1.0
Explain company personnel policies, benefits, and procedures to employees or job applicants. O*NET Task ID 2687	0.5
Process and review employment applications to evaluate qualifications or eligibility of applicants. O*NET Task ID 2690	0.5
Examine employee files to answer inquiries and provide information for personnel actions. O*NET Task ID 2692	0.5
Gather personnel records from other departments or employees. O*NET Task ID 2693	0.5
Search employee files to obtain information for authorized persons and organizations, such as credit bureaus and finance companies. O*NET Task ID 2694	0.5
Interview job applicants to obtain and verify information used to screen and evaluate them. O*NET Task ID 2695	0.5
Request information from law enforcement officials, previous employers, and other references to determine applicants' employment acceptability. O*NET Task ID 2696	0.5
Select applicants meeting specified job requirements and refer them to hiring personnel. O*NET Task ID 2699	0.5
Arrange for in-house and external training activities. O*NET Task ID 2700	0.5
Arrange for advertising or posting of job vacancies and notify eligible workers of position availability. O*NET Task ID 2701	0.5
Provide assistance in administering employee benefit programs and worker's compensation plans. O*NET Task ID 2702	0.5
Process, verify, and maintain personnel related documentation, including staffing, recruitment, training, grievances, performance evaluations, classifications, and employee leaves of absence. O*NET Task ID 18572	0.5
Prepare and set up for new employee orientations. O*NET Task ID 21013	0.5
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β = E1 + 0.5 × E2 · E1 = tasks where direct LLM access alone cuts time by at least 50%, E2 = tasks where software built on top of an LLM cuts time by at least 50%. Values take only 0 / 0.5 / 1.0.

Data sources & licenses — O*NET®, Anthropic Economic Index, Eloundou et al. (2023): see full notices on the Credits page

All O*NET 31.0 task statements (19)

All O*NET 31.0 task statements for this occupation (English, as published; task type core or supplemental). Exposure values are not listed here; they are in the table above, next to each task statement as worded in the O*NET version each source used.

Task (O*NET 31.0)	Type
Explain company personnel policies, benefits, and procedures to employees or job applicants.	Core
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.	Core
Answer questions regarding examinations, eligibility, salaries, benefits, and other pertinent information.	Core
Examine employee files to answer inquiries and provide information for personnel actions.	Core
Gather personnel records from other departments or employees.	Core
Search employee files to obtain information for authorized persons and organizations, such as credit bureaus and finance companies.	Core
Compile and prepare reports and documents pertaining to personnel activities.	Core
Provide assistance in administering employee benefit programs and worker's compensation plans.	Core
Process, verify, and maintain personnel related documentation, including staffing, recruitment, training, grievances, performance evaluations, classifications, and employee leaves of absence.	Core
Prepare and set up for new employee orientations.	Core
Process and review employment applications to evaluate qualifications or eligibility of applicants.	Supplemental
Interview job applicants to obtain and verify information used to screen and evaluate them.	Supplemental
Request information from law enforcement officials, previous employers, and other references to determine applicants' employment acceptability.	Supplemental
Inform job applicants of their acceptance or rejection of employment.	Supplemental
Select applicants meeting specified job requirements and refer them to hiring personnel.	Supplemental
Arrange for in-house and external training activities.	Supplemental
Arrange for advertising or posting of job vacancies and notify eligible workers of position availability.	Supplemental
Prepare badges, passes, and identification cards, and perform other security-related duties.	Supplemental
Administer and score applicant and employee aptitude, personality, and interest assessment instruments.	Supplemental

Anthropic, "What work can robots do?"2026-09

0.06/ 3· Robot exposure index

0 none3 unstructured settings

Scale, basis and source

Each physical task is graded 0–3 by the setting in which robots that have been deployed, sold or demonstrated could do it (0 none · 1 purpose-built robot settings such as a fenced machine cell or a bottling line · 2 structured facilities such as a hospital pharmacy or a container port · 3 unstructured settings such as a private home or a construction site), and the grades are averaged by share of working time

Physical tasks among this occupation's O*NET 29.3 tasks

Anthropic estimated the grades and time shares with Claude Opus 5 using web search, as of 2026.

Source dataset

The robot exposure index is a different measure from the AI exposure figures on this site and cannot be added to or compared with them. It does not measure actual adoption or cost, and 0 also covers occupations with no physical tasks.

Tier of each physical task

Robot environment tiers (E0–E3)

E0 noneDetails
Rated not doable by robots that have been deployed, sold or demonstrated, even in a purpose-built setting
E1 purpose-built robot settingsDetails
Rated doable in a setting built around the machine, such as a fenced machine cell or a bottling line
E2 structured facilitiesDetails
Rated doable in a human work facility that an institution keeps to a working standard, such as a hospital pharmacy or a container port
E3 unstructured settingsDetails
Rated doable in a setting that no institution keeps to a working standard, such as a private home or a construction site

Only tasks classified as physical are listed; other tasks have no tier in the source.

Task (O*NET 29.3)	Robot environment tier
Prepare and set up for new employee orientations.	E1 purpose-built robot settings
Prepare badges, passes, and identification cards, and perform other security-related duties.	E2 structured facilities

Employment outlook (BLS)

Employment, 2025: 97K
Projected employment, 2035: 91K
Change (2025–35): -6.2%
Median annual wage, 2025: $50,610
Typical education needed for entry: Associate's degree

lowest $30,890median wage across 825 detailed occupations, BLS EP 2025–35highest $559,030

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Projections 2025–35 — Employment by detailed occupation, 2025 and projected 2035

Korea classification links (KSCO)

Links from the current release of the Korea Occupation Direct Crosswalk v1.1, made by AI Changing Work. Relation values are read from the O*NET-SOC occupation side.

KSCO code	KSCO title	Relation	Status
31210	인사 및 노무 사무원	This occupation is narrower	confirmed

Relation and status definitions(kr-direct v1.1)

ILO occupational description

AI Changing Work links the ISCO-08 unit groups below to this occupation by applying the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics crosswalks (2018 SOC to 2010 SOC, 2010 SOC to ISCO-08) as published, without case-by-case selection; each link may be whole or partial.

ISCO-08 4416Personnel Clerks

The definition, tasks and examples below are the ILO's description of that unit group, not of this occupation.

Personnel clerks maintain and update personnel records such as information on transfers and promotions, performance evaluations, employee leave taken and accumulated, salaries, qualifications and training.

Tasks

(a) updating information on, employment history, salaries, performance evaluations, qualifications and training and leave taken and accumulated;
(b) initiating records for newly appointed workers and checking records for completeness;
(c) processing applications for employment and promotions and advising applicants of results;
(d) receiving and answering inquiries about employment entitlements and conditions;
(e) sending out job applications and announcements of job openings and job examinations;
(f) maintaining and updating manual and computerized filing and registration systems, and compiling and preparing reports and documents relating to personnel activities;
(g) storing and retrieving personnel records and files on request.

Example occupations

Human resource assistant · Human resource clerk

Sources: ILO ISCO-08 — details: Credits

ESCO occupational vocabulary

Each entry below is matched to this occupation in the published ESCO-O*NET Crosswalk (version 1, 2022). The match types are that crosswalk's; the wording is AI Changing Work's.

human resources assistantESCO 4416.1Same scope
Human resources assistants provide support in all the processes and efforts carried by human resources managers. They help in the preparation of recruitment processes by scanning CVs and narrowing the selection to the most suitable candidates. They perform administrative tasks, prepare communications and letters, and perform the tabulation of the surveys and assessments carried out by the department.
human resources officerESCO 2423.3This occupation is narrower
Human resources officers develop and implement strategies that help their employers select and retain appropriately qualified staff within that business sector. They recruit staff, prepare job advertisements, interview and short-list people, negotiate with employment agencies, and set up working conditions. Human resources officers also administer the payroll, review salaries and advise on remuneration benefits and employment law. They arrange for training opportunities to enhance employees' performance.

Source: European Commission, DG EMPL — ESCO API 2026-08-08 (bridge v1.2.1)

License: CC BY 4.0 (EU Reuse Notice)

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France classification links (ROME)

AI Changing Work's links between this occupation and ROME 4.0 job profiles, judged with AI models. Relations are read from this occupation's side. Links marked “provisional” were adopted on the judgments of two judges from the same model family (Claude) alone, or by an operator rule applied to their judgments, so they rest on weaker evidence than confirmed links.

ROME code	ROME title (French)	Relation
M1501	Assistant / Assistante Ressources Humaines (RH)	This occupation is narrowerprovisional
M1509	Responsable paie et administration du personnel	Related, not a matchprovisional

Source: France Travail — Répertoire Opérationnel des Métiers et des Emplois (ROME 4.0), version 61, last updated 15 June 2026 (https://www.data.gouv.fr/datasets/repertoire-operationnel-des-metiers-et-des-emplois-rome). Licence Ouverte 2.0.

ROME codes and titles are reproduced unchanged; the links to O*NET-SOC occupations are AI Changing Work's own judgment and are not a France Travail correspondence.

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Spain classification links (CNO-11)

AI Changing Work's links between this occupation and CNO-11 occupations, judged with AI models. Relations are read from this occupation's side.

CNO-11 code	CNO-11 title (Spanish)	Relation
4223	Empleados de servicio de personal	Same scopeprovisional

Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), National Classification of Occupations 2011 (CNO-11, Royal Decree 1591/2010) — www.ine.es · Licensed CC BY 4.0. CNO-11 codes and Spanish titles are reproduced unchanged; the links to O*NET occupations are AI Changing Work's own judgment and are not an INE correspondence.

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Germany classification links (KldB)

AI Changing Work's links between this occupation and KldB occupations, judged with AI models. Relations are read from this occupation's side.

KldB code	KldB title (German)	Relation
71512	Berufe in der Personalentwicklung und -sachbearbeitung - fachlich ausgerichtete Tätigkeiten	This occupation is narrower
71513	Berufe in der Personalentwicklung und -sachbearbeitung - komplexe Spezialistentätigkeiten	Related, not a match

Source: © Statistik der Bundesagentur für Arbeit — Klassifikation der Berufe 2010 – überarbeitete Fassung 2020, https://statistik.arbeitsagentur.de. KldB codes and titles are reproduced unchanged; the links to O*NET occupations are AI Changing Work's own mapping (eigene Zuordnung) and are not a Bundesagentur für Arbeit correspondence.

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Japan classification links (JSCO)

AI Changing Work's links between this occupation and JSCO occupations, judged with AI models. Relations are read from this occupation's side.

JSCO code	JSCO title (Japanese)	Relation
252	人事事務員	This occupation is narrowerprovisional

Source: Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC), Japan Standard Occupational Classification (Dec. 2009, MIC Notification No. 555). JSCO codes and Japanese titles are reproduced unchanged; the links to O*NET occupations are AI Changing Work's own judgment and are not a MIC correspondence.

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