Career
Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping
Handle the paperwork of hiring and employee records.
Here's what you actually need to know.
The work
What people in this job do
- 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.
- Answer questions regarding examinations, eligibility, salaries, benefits, and other pertinent information.
The outlook
How the forecast changed this year
The deeper question
What kind of person does this path ask you to become?
What this work centers on
O*NET interest profile, scored 1–7.
The work
Do you want most of your days spent on information & systems, then persuasion & leadership?
Responsibility
Are you willing to be the one responsible for this?
“Process, verify, and maintain personnel related documentation, including staffing, recruitment, training, grievances, performance evaluations, classifications, and employee leaves of absence.”
Development
What would you need to build over the next 5–10 years?
Reading Comprehension, Active Listening, Speaking, Writing.
Trade-offs
What does it ask of you in exchange?
2 years of education after high school (associate's degree), for a median of $50,610 a year and 7,900 openings nationally each year.
Paths in
Degrees that lead here
- Human ResourcesSee the degree →
- Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science, GeneralCIP 52.0401
- Business/Office Automation/Technology/Data EntryCIP 52.0407
- Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration, GeneralCIP 52.1001
- Human Resources Management and Services, OtherCIP 52.1099
Paths across
Careers that use similar skills
- Human Resources Specialists$75,940 · +6.4%
- Human Resources Managers$149,280 · +5.5%
- Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs$54,210 · +1.6%
- Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks$58,260 · -15.9%
- Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists$78,210 · +6.0%
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Sources
- BLS Employment Projections, 2025–35, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Retrieved 2026-10-01.
- BLS Employment Projections, 2024–34 (archived), U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Retrieved 2026-10-01.
- O*NET 31.0 Database (August 2026), National Center for O*NET Development / U.S. Department of Labor. Retrieved 2026-10-01.
- CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 Crosswalk, NCES and BLS. Retrieved 2026-10-01.