Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping
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.
90,220 people do this job in the US. $50,610 a year.
of the working time. Estimate.
- 85%
- 7%
- 8%
Measured, from Anthropic's usage data (2025). Counts help on part of a task.
On the chosen pace and reliability. Estimate.
Share of the working time within reach, now to 2030
What each choice means: , , , , . Every pace starts from .
At this date and pace, models finish tasks up to 4.4 h long four times in five.
How far this has come
With GPT-4, measured in March 2023, 0% of this job's working time was within reach at . With Claude 3.7 Sonnet, measured in February 2025, 2%. With Claude Mythos Preview (early), measured in April 2026, 74%. Today's estimate: 80%.
A backcast: today's task data with the best model METR had measured by each date. It shows how fast the models have moved, not what anyone forecast at the time.
The tasks
Sorted by . 19 tasks from .
| Task | Kind | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Process, verify, and maintain personnel related documentation, including staffing, recruitment, training, grievances, performance evaluations, classifications, and employee leaves of absence.Done daily by most who do it. AI observed on this task. | 17% | 50 min17 min to 2.1 h | 91%Half by now | |
| Provide assistance in administering employee benefit programs and worker's compensation plans.Done more than monthly by most who do it. | 11% | 50 min17 min to 1.7 h | 96%Half by now | |
| Administer and score applicant and employee aptitude, personality, and interest assessment instruments.Done more than monthly by most who do it. | 8% | 1.3 h25 min to 2.5 h | 87%Half by now | |
| Compile and prepare reports and documents pertaining to personnel activities.Done more than monthly by most who do it. AI observed on this task. | 8% | 1.7 h50 min to 3.3 h | 90%Half by now | |
| Interview job applicants to obtain and verify information used to screen and evaluate them.Done more than weekly by most who do it. | 7% | 50 min25 min to 1.7 h | Stays with people | |
| 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.Done more than weekly by most who do it. | 6% | 25 min8 min to 50 min | 100%Half by now | |
| Prepare and set up for new employee orientations.Done more than monthly by most who do it. | 6% | 1.7 h38 min to 3.3 h | Stays with people | |
| Explain company personnel policies, benefits, and procedures to employees or job applicants.Done daily by most who do it. AI observed on this task. | 6% | 21 min8 min to 50 min | 100%Half by now | |
| Examine employee files to answer inquiries and provide information for personnel actions.Done daily by most who do it. | 5% | 25 min8 min to 1.3 h | 97%Half by now | |
| Process and review employment applications to evaluate qualifications or eligibility of applicants.Done daily by most who do it. AI observed on this task. | 4% | 25 min8 min to 1.3 h | 97%Half by now | |
| Gather personnel records from other departments or employees.Done daily by most who do it. | 3% | 25 min8 min to 50 min | 100%Half by now | |
| Request information from law enforcement officials, previous employers, and other references to determine applicants' employment acceptability.Done more than weekly by most who do it. | 3% | 50 min17 min to 1.7 h | 96%Half by now |
Within reach, per task: the share of the task's time whose instances are short enough for a model to finish at the chosen date, pace and reliability. Half by: the date half of that time comes within reach.
Jobs that share skills with this one
From O*NET's related occupations. Within reach now and by the end of 2028, long-run pace, four in five.
- Human Resources Specialists44% now, 77% by 2028
- Human Resources Managers16% now, 67% by 2028
- Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs72% now, 74% by 2028
- Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks76% now, 90% by 2028
- Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists15% now, 82% by 2028
- First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers47% now, 77% by 2028
Where this job works
The industry groups that employ the most of it (BLS, May 2025).
Where the most of these jobs are
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