Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping
Business, Management and AdministrationO*NET 43-4161.00United States
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.
- Median annual earnings
- $50,639
- Projected change
- −2.1%
- Typical education
- Bachelor's degree
- Employment
- 95.14K jobs
50th percentile, United States
2025 to 2035
33.8% of the workforce
Growing to 93.14K by 2035
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The work
What human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping do
Tasks reported for this occupation, ordered by how often they come up in the role.
- 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.
- Prepare and set up for new employee orientations.
- Answer questions regarding examinations, eligibility, salaries, benefits, and other pertinent information.
- Gather personnel records from other departments or employees.
- Examine employee files to answer inquiries and provide information for personnel actions.
- Search employee files to obtain information for authorized persons and organizations, such as credit bureaus and finance companies.
- Compile and prepare reports and documents pertaining to personnel activities.
Pay and outlook
What the job pays and where it is heading
Annual earnings range
Reported earnings by percentile, United States
- 10th percentile
- $37,208
- 25th percentile
- $44,002
- 50th percentile
- $50,639
- 75th percentile
- $59,879
- 90th percentile
- $68,907
The gold marker shows the median. Half earn more than $50,639 and half earn less.
Employment outlook
2025 to 2035 projection
−2.1%projected to decline
202595,140 jobs
2035 projected93,140 jobs
2,000 fewer positions over the decade, before replacement hiring.
Preparation
Education levels
What people currently working in the career hold. These are not entry requirements.
- Bachelor's degree
- 33.8%
- Associate degree
- 27.4%
- High school diploma or less
- 21.1%
- Some college
- 11.2%
- Certificate
- 5.7%
- Master's or Professional degree
- 0.8%
Skills
Skills employers ask for
Technical skills appearing most often in job postings for this occupation.
How the work gets done
Core competencies
Broad capabilities associated with strong performance in this occupation.
- Reading Comprehension
- Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents.
- Active Listening
- Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
- Speaking
- Talking to others to convey information effectively.
- Writing
- Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
- Critical Thinking
- Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
- Monitoring
- Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
- Social Perceptiveness
- Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
- Time Management
- Managing one's own time and the time of others.
- Active Learning
- Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
- Judgment and Decision Making
- Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
- Service Orientation
- Actively looking for ways to help people.
- Coordination
- Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
- Complex Problem Solving
- Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
- Persuasion
- Persuading others to change their minds or behavior.
- Negotiation
- Bringing others together and trying to reconcile differences.
- Instructing
- Teaching others how to do something.
- Learning Strategies
- Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things.
- Management of Personnel Resources
- Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job.
- Systems Evaluation
- Identifying measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system.
- Systems Analysis
- Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes.
In the market
Job titles and employers
Recent job postings in United StatesCommon job titles
- 01Human Resources Assistants6,700 postings
- 02Human Resources Coordinators6,069 postings
- 03Recruiting Coordinators2,287 postings
- 04Human Resources Administrators1,762 postings
- 05Human Resources Administrative Assistants1,136 postings
- 06Onboarding Coordinators980 postings
- 07Security Officers794 postings
- 08Human Resources Interns727 postings
- 09Human Resources Clerks526 postings
- 10Workforce Coordinators504 postings
- 11Human Resources Technicians437 postings
- 12Recruiting Assistants344 postings
- 13Staffing Assistants312 postings
- 14Workforce Development Coordinators291 postings
- 15Flex Officers273 postings
- 16Human Resources Recruitment Coordinators263 postings
- 17Human Resources Officers252 postings
- 18Unarmed Security Officers251 postings
- 19Armed Security Officers239 postings
- 20Administrative Assistants232 postings
Top employers
- 01Robert Half1,148 postings
- 02Sunstates Security875 postings
- 03Securitas659 postings
- 04Aston Carter389 postings
- 05Beacon Hill Staffing Group315 postings
- 06Randstad166 postings
- 07Edjoin.Org146 postings
- 08Lee Hecht Harrison145 postings
- 09AppleOne144 postings
- 10Kelly Services131 postings
- 11ManpowerGroup128 postings
- 12Ultimate Staffing125 postings
- 13Creative Financial Staffing111 postings
- 14EmployBridge108 postings
- 15Express Employment Professionals104 postings
- 16Insight Global98 postings
- 17Adecco92 postings
- 18Marriott International91 postings
- 19Hannaford Brothers Company87 postings
- 20Vaco84 postings
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