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Human Resources Assistants

SOC 43-4161

Keep HR records and paperwork accurate and up to date.

The job
Median pay
$51k
$44k to $60k typical range
Outlook, 2025 to 2035
Declining
-6.2% projected
Openings a year
8k
BLS projection
Typical education
High school
Our model
AI displacement risk
High
How much of this job AI may do instead of the person
Works with AI
5/100
AI alongside the person rather than instead of them
AI exposure
76th pct
More exposed than 76% of occupations · modeled estimate · 73rd pct in Microsoft's data
Future-proof
31/100

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Pay and jobs by state

BLS OEWS May 2025, 51 states. Sorted by jobs; per 1,000 is jobs per thousand workers in the state; vs national compares that rate with the country's.

StateJobsPer 1,000vs nationalMedian pay
California11,4900.61.1×$58k
New York8,8000.91.6×$53k
Texas5,8900.40.7×$48k
Illinois4,1400.71.2×$48k
New Jersey4,0000.91.6×$54k
Tennessee3,9301.22.1×$46k
Minnesota3,3801.12.0×$55k
Florida3,2100.30.6×$48k
North Carolina2,7900.61.0×$48k
Ohio2,7700.50.9×$48k
All 51 states
StateJobsPer 1,000vs nationalMedian pay
Pennsylvania2,7000.40.8×$49k
Georgia2,5100.50.9×$47k
Washington2,3500.71.1×$57k
Virginia2,1600.50.9×$52k
Michigan1,8900.40.7×$48k
Wisconsin1,8900.61.1×$49k
Indiana1,8700.61.0×$48k
Colorado1,6600.61.0×$55k
Arizona1,4900.50.8×$48k
Maryland1,4800.50.9×$57k
Massachusetts1,4000.40.7×$56k
Nevada1,3900.91.5×$48k
Kentucky1,2400.61.1×$50k
South Carolina1,1900.50.9×$45k
Missouri1,0900.40.6×$48k
Oregon1,0500.50.9×$54k
Mississippi1,0100.91.5×$45k
Alabama9600.50.8×$42k
Iowa9200.61.0×$48k
Connecticut9100.50.9×$54k
Louisiana7500.40.7×$47k
Arkansas7200.60.9×$46k
Utah7000.40.7×$46k
Kansas6600.50.8×$50k
New Mexico6200.71.2×$50k
Washington DC6100.91.5×$59k
Oklahoma6000.40.6×$45k
Maine4900.81.3×$50k
West Virginia4800.71.2×$43k
New Hampshire4700.71.2×$51k
Hawaii4500.71.2×$49k
Nebraska4400.40.7×$47k
Delaware2900.61.0×$51k
Idaho2800.30.6×$52k
Alaska2600.81.4×$57k
South Dakota1900.40.7×$45k
Rhode Island1500.30.5×$56k
Montana1400.30.5×$50k
Vermont1400.50.8×$52k
North Dakota1100.30.4×$53k
Wyoming900.30.6×$50k

Top metro areas

  1. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ7,640 jobs · $57k median
  2. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA3,890 jobs · $58k median
  3. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN2,920 jobs · $50k median
  4. Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI2,350 jobs · $57k median
  5. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX1,630 jobs · $52k median
  6. Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD1,630 jobs · $51k median
  7. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV1,610 jobs · $59k median
  8. Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA1,480 jobs · $60k median

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Pay and outlook from BLS (OEWS 2025, Employment Projections 2025-2035). Skills and work activities from O*NET 30.3. AI exposure and future-proof scores are modeled estimates. How these numbers are made.