Headline risk
4%
Very Low RiskHuman resources specialists
United States AI Work Index tracks this occupation on the shared structural baseline and then layers on local demand resilience, wages, and confidence.
Why This Score
Share of job tasks that overlap with current AI capabilities
Median annual wage
Projected employment change over 10 years
Typical preparation needed for this occupation
Occupation profile
Recruit, screen, interview, or place individuals within an organization. May perform other activities in multiple human resources areas.
Task evidence
100% weighted task match · 34% effective coverage
Scores combine AI task overlap, human advantages, and local demand. How it works
United States Now
Median Wage
USD 72,910
Employment 2024
944.3K
Projected Change (2024–34)
6.2%
Openings (2024–34)
81.8K
Wage distribution
Demand outlook
Employment of human resources specialists is projected to grow 6 percent from 2024 to 2034, faster than the average for all occupations.
Role Profile
Tasks
- 1. Interpret and explain human resources policies, procedures, laws, standards, or regulations. AI use: 79%
- 2. Maintain current knowledge of Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and affirmative action guidelines and laws, such as the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). AI use: 0%
- 3. Review employment applications and job orders to match applicants with job requirements. AI use: 94%
- 4. Select qualified job applicants or refer them to managers, making hiring recommendations when appropriate. AI use: 93%
- 5. Hire employees and process hiring-related paperwork. AI use: 0%
- 6. Inform job applicants of details such as duties and responsibilities, compensation, benefits, schedules, working conditions, or promotion opportunities. AI use: 0%
Technologies
Requirements
Work context
Worker profile
Median age 42.0 · 897K employed
Under 25: 4% · 25–54: 78% · 55+: 18%
Related
Source coverage
11/11 source families · O*NET 30.2 / OEWS 2024 / ORS 2025 / OOH 2025-08-28 / Projections 2024-34 / CPS 2025 / Anthropic task penetration
Mapping quality
crosswalk_exact · employment series present
Narrative & sources
Human resources specialists recruit, screen, and interview job applicants and place newly hired workers in jobs. They also may handle compensation and benefits, training, and employee relations.
Human resources specialists generally work in office settings. Some, particularly recruitment specialists, travel to attend job fairs, visit college campuses, and meet with applicants. Most human resources specialists work full time during regular business hours. Some work more than 40 hours per week.
To enter the occupation, human resources specialists typically need a bachelor’s degree in human resources, business, or a related field.
The median annual wage for human resources specialists was $72,910 in May 2024.
Employment of human resources specialists is projected to grow 6 percent from 2024 to 2034, faster than the average for all occupations.
Published limitations
This page shows the local country layer, not realised individual job outcomes. The global structural baseline is shared across countries; only the local demand and wage layer changes here.
Built from O*NET occupation descriptions, task statements, technology skills, work context, Job Zones, Anthropic task penetration, BLS OEWS wages, BLS projection tables, BLS ORS requirements, BLS OOH narrative content, BLS skills data, and BLS CPS occupation age tables.