Human Resources Managers
Plan, direct, or coordinate human resources activities and staff of an organization.
220,660 people do this job in the US. $149,280 a year.
of the working time. Estimate.
- 70%
- 29%
- 1%
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, 0%. With Claude Mythos Preview (early), measured in April 2026, 11%. Today's estimate: 16%.
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 . 26 tasks from .
| Task | Kind | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plan, direct, supervise, and coordinate work activities of subordinates and staff relating to employment, compensation, labor relations, and employee relations.Done daily by most who do it. | 19% | 3.3 h50 min to 1.3 work days | Stays with people | |
| Administer compensation, benefits, and performance management systems, and safety and recreation programs.Done more than yearly by most who do it. | 9% | 6.7 h1.7 h to 2.1 work days | 9%Half by Aug 2027 | |
| Develop, administer, and evaluate applicant tests.Done more than yearly by most who do it. | 7% | 5 h1.7 h to 2.1 work days | 15%Half by Jun 2027 | |
| Plan, organize, direct, control, or coordinate the personnel, training, or labor relations activities of an organization.Done more than monthly by most who do it. | 7% | 6.7 h1.7 h to 2.1 work days | Stays with people | |
| Serve as a link between management and employees by handling questions, interpreting and administering contracts and helping resolve work-related problems.Done daily by most who do it. | 7% | 1.3 h25 min to 3.3 h | 77%Half by now | |
| Identify staff vacancies and recruit, interview, and select applicants.Done more than monthly by most who do it. | 6% | 5 h1.7 h to 2.1 work days | 15%Half by Jun 2027 | |
| Perform difficult staffing duties, including dealing with understaffing, refereeing disputes, firing employees, and administering disciplinary procedures.Done more than monthly by most who do it. | 6% | 2.5 h50 min to 1 work day | 40%Half by Dec 2026 | |
| Analyze statistical data and reports to identify and determine causes of personnel problems and develop recommendations for improvement of organization's personnel policies and practices.Done more than monthly by most who do it. | 6% | 6.7 h2.5 h to 2.5 work days | 9%Half by Jul 2027 | |
| Analyze and modify compensation and benefits policies to establish competitive programs and ensure compliance with legal requirements.Done more than yearly by most who do it. | 5% | 1.7 work days3.3 h to 4.2 work days | 2%Half by Feb 2028 | |
| Develop or administer special projects in areas such as pay equity, savings bond programs, day care, and employee awards.Done more than yearly by most who do it. | 5% | 2.1 work days3.3 h to 1.3 work weeks | 1%Half by Jul 2028 | |
| Analyze training needs to design employee development, language training, and health and safety programs.Done more than yearly by most who do it. | 5% | 1.7 work days3.3 h to 4.2 work days | 2%Half by Feb 2028 | |
| Advise managers on organizational policy matters, such as equal employment opportunity and sexual harassment, and recommend needed changes.Done daily by most who do it. | 3% | 2.5 h50 min to 6.7 h | Stays with people |
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 Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping80% now, 85% by 2028
- Management Analysts5% now, 86% by 2028
- Industrial-Organizational Psychologists4% now, 53% by 2028
- Labor Relations Specialists8% now, 60% by 2028
- Training and Development Managers4% now, 76% by 2028
Where this job works
The industry groups that employ the most of it (BLS, May 2025).
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