Business & Financial
Human Resources Specialists
SOC 13-1071
Source, screen, and onboard talent and support employees through their careers.
The job
Median pay
$76k
$59k to $99k typical range
Outlook, 2025 to 2035
Growing fast
+6.4% projected
Openings a year
74k
BLS projection
Typical education
Bachelor's
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
83rd pct
More exposed than 83% of occupations · modeled estimate · 69th pct in Microsoft's data
Future-proof
48/100
Key skills
- Speaking
- Reading Comprehension
- Active Listening
- Writing
- Critical Thinking
- Active Learning
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.
| State | Jobs | Per 1,000 | vs national | Median pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| California | 104,000 | 5.7 | 1.0× | $84k |
| Texas | 84,930 | 6.0 | 1.0× | $69k |
| Florida | 62,730 | 6.3 | 1.1× | $66k |
| New York | 54,610 | 5.6 | 1.0× | $84k |
| Pennsylvania | 36,960 | 6.1 | 1.0× | $70k |
| Illinois | 35,430 | 5.8 | 1.0× | $77k |
| Ohio | 33,500 | 6.0 | 1.0× | $70k |
| Georgia | 32,110 | 6.6 | 1.1× | $71k |
| North Carolina | 31,140 | 6.3 | 1.1× | $73k |
| Virginia | 28,540 | 6.9 | 1.2× | $82k |
All 51 states
| State | Jobs | Per 1,000 | vs national | Median pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts | 27,300 | 7.5 | 1.3× | $86k |
| Michigan | 25,520 | 5.8 | 1.0× | $70k |
| Washington | 22,770 | 6.4 | 1.1× | $85k |
| New Jersey | 21,690 | 5.1 | 0.9× | $81k |
| Tennessee | 21,460 | 6.5 | 1.1× | $67k |
| Arizona | 20,230 | 6.2 | 1.1× | $71k |
| Colorado | 19,450 | 6.8 | 1.1× | $81k |
| Missouri | 17,650 | 6.0 | 1.0× | $67k |
| Wisconsin | 17,360 | 5.9 | 1.0× | $71k |
| Minnesota | 17,240 | 5.8 | 1.0× | $79k |
| Indiana | 17,110 | 5.3 | 0.9× | $66k |
| Maryland | 15,530 | 5.6 | 1.0× | $84k |
| South Carolina | 13,720 | 6.0 | 1.0× | $65k |
| Alabama | 11,080 | 5.2 | 0.9× | $65k |
| Kentucky | 10,900 | 5.4 | 0.9× | $69k |
| Oregon | 10,620 | 5.4 | 0.9× | $78k |
| Utah | 9,900 | 5.7 | 1.0× | $72k |
| Oklahoma | 9,370 | 5.5 | 0.9× | $62k |
| Connecticut | 9,010 | 5.3 | 0.9× | $83k |
| Iowa | 7,930 | 5.1 | 0.9× | $67k |
| Kansas | 7,560 | 5.3 | 0.9× | $71k |
| Louisiana | 7,240 | 3.7 | 0.6× | $61k |
| Nebraska | 7,220 | 7.0 | 1.2× | $62k |
| Washington DC | 6,910 | 9.8 | 1.7× | $111k |
| Nevada | 6,520 | 4.2 | 0.7× | $72k |
| Arkansas | 6,230 | 4.8 | 0.8× | $55k |
| Mississippi | 4,850 | 4.2 | 0.7× | $60k |
| New Hampshire | 4,270 | 6.2 | 1.1× | $71k |
| New Mexico | 4,090 | 4.7 | 0.8× | $68k |
| Idaho | 3,930 | 4.6 | 0.8× | $65k |
| Rhode Island | 3,320 | 6.6 | 1.1× | $78k |
| West Virginia | 3,130 | 4.5 | 0.8× | $67k |
| Maine | 3,020 | 4.7 | 0.8× | $72k |
| Delaware | 2,720 | 5.6 | 1.0× | $78k |
| Hawaii | 2,570 | 4.1 | 0.7× | $74k |
| Montana | 2,340 | 4.6 | 0.8× | $64k |
| North Dakota | 1,710 | 4.0 | 0.7× | $76k |
| Alaska | 1,420 | 4.4 | 0.7× | $77k |
| South Dakota | 1,340 | 2.9 | 0.5× | $68k |
| Vermont | 1,270 | 4.2 | 0.7× | $78k |
| Wyoming | 1,000 | 3.6 | 0.6× | $67k |
Top metro areas
- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ52,370 jobs · $90k median
- Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA36,850 jobs · $80k median
- Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX29,190 jobs · $71k median
- Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN26,470 jobs · $78k median
- Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV24,450 jobs · $101k median
- Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH21,770 jobs · $90k median
- Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA20,920 jobs · $75k median
- Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX18,320 jobs · $73k median
Explore the rankings
Explore Human Resources Specialists interactively →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.