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Also called employment assistant, hr administrative assistant, hr assistant and human resources administrative assistant.
$50,610
Median pay a year
90,220
People do this work
6
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Human Resources Assistant
Summary
Human Resources Assistant compiling and maintaining personnel records, processing documentation for staffing and recruitment, and providing support for employee benefits and onboarding activities
Experience
Human Resources Assistant
Where you worked
Month Year to Month Year
Processed, verified, and maintained personnel related documentation for staffing, recruitment, training, and employee leaves of absence
Recorded data for each employee, including addresses, weekly earnings, absences, and performance reports
Explained company personnel policies, benefits, and procedures to employees and job applicants
Provided assistance in administering employee benefit programs and worker's compensation plans
Prepared and set up for new employee orientations to facilitate onboarding
Compiled and prepared reports and documents pertaining to personnel activities for management review
Interviewed job applicants to obtain and verify information used to screen and evaluate their qualifications
Skills
Core Skills
Administering recruitment activities, Searching files, Compiling data or documentation, Obtaining personal information, Interviewing others, Setting up classroom materials, Issuing documentation or identification, Applicant tracking software, Recording personnel information, Explaining procedures, Training personnel
Tools and software
Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office software, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Word
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On site, Remote
Education
Certificate Your training program, Year
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Processed and maintained personnel documentationRecorded employee data and performance reportsExplained company policies and benefits to employeesAssisted in administering employee benefit programsAnswered inquiries regarding salaries and benefitsPrepared for new employee orientations
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Processed and maintained personnel documentation, ensuring accuracy and compliance with company policies
Explained company policies and benefits to employees, addressing inquiries and providing clear guidance
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Processed and maintained personnel documentation daily for all new hires, ensuring accuracy and compliance with company policies
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Daily for all new hiresWeekly for ongoing employee recordsMonthly for performance evaluations
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Explained company policies and benefits to employees, addressing inquiries and providing clear guidance
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Helped reduce confusion about benefitsIncreased employee satisfaction with policiesImproved understanding of company procedures
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Administering recruitment activities
Searching files
Compiling data or documentation
Recording personnel information
Explaining procedures
Obtaining personal information
Interviewing others
Setting up classroom materials
Training personnel
Issuing documentation or identification
Administering benefits programs
The work itself
What a Human Resources Assistant does
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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.
What it pays
How much does a Human Resources Assistant make?
Annual pay across the United States. The middle figure is the median: half earn less than that, and half earn more.
25th percentile
$44,030
Median
$50,610
75th percentile
$59,800
About 90,220 people do this work in the United States.
What it pays in each state
State
25th percentile
Median
75th percentile
AK
$50,360
$56,510
$64,350
AL
$34,270
$42,140
$51,630
AR
$38,770
$46,190
$51,240
AZ
$42,340
$47,890
$56,460
CA
$48,470
$57,590
$65,560
CO
$47,750
$54,880
$63,160
CT
$47,100
$54,130
$61,740
DC
$50,450
$59,050
$66,870
DE
$45,720
$50,850
$58,720
FL
$42,060
$48,330
$56,310
GA
$40,330
$46,830
$55,450
HI
$44,330
$49,260
$56,570
IA
$38,940
$48,490
$56,660
ID
$45,500
$51,770
$58,160
IL
$44,750
$48,310
$58,050
IN
$41,600
$47,850
$55,950
KS
$41,940
$49,630
$55,540
KY
$43,940
$50,400
$57,750
LA
$38,560
$47,490
$53,880
MA
$48,160
$55,840
$63,810
MD
$48,080
$56,880
$62,880
ME
$44,450
$49,710
$56,340
MI
$42,640
$48,250
$55,020
MN
$49,040
$54,520
$60,040
MO
$41,910
$47,960
$55,850
MS
$35,770
$44,780
$52,650
MT
$45,940
$50,070
$59,070
NC
$41,410
$48,190
$55,430
ND
$47,020
$53,000
$61,680
NE
$40,750
$47,130
$52,790
NH
$45,440
$51,400
$60,040
NJ
$47,350
$54,410
$60,940
NM
$43,000
$49,650
$52,980
NV
$41,340
$47,900
$54,790
NY
$46,290
$52,920
$63,350
OH
$42,840
$48,310
$58,510
OK
$39,330
$44,950
$53,510
OR
$47,760
$53,550
$59,200
PA
$43,710
$48,800
$57,530
PR
$23,960
$29,080
$36,290
RI
$49,090
$56,370
$62,110
SC
$38,850
$45,300
$52,420
SD
$39,110
$45,150
$51,440
TN
$39,860
$45,760
$54,210
TX
$39,760
$47,540
$57,160
UT
$37,340
$45,790
$53,290
VA
$45,510
$51,950
$60,840
VT
$46,830
$51,810
$57,190
WA
$50,530
$57,390
$65,370
WI
$43,440
$48,690
$57,430
WV
$36,690
$42,990
$49,940
WY
$40,330
$49,660
$59,010
Other names
Other names for this job
employment assistant, hr administrative assistant, hr assistant, human resources administrative assistant, staffing assistant, human resources assistants except payroll and timekeeping, assignment clerk, benefits clerk, benefits coordinator, benefits technician, civil service clerk, civil service worker.
More names for this work
contract clerk, employment clerk, enrollment specialist, hr associate, hr clerk, human resources associate, human resources clerk, human resources team member, identification clerk, onboarding coordinator, personnel associate, personnel clerk, personnel officer, recruiting coordinator, resource coordinator, temporary help agency referral clerk, time study clerk.
If you served
Military jobs this work counts as
From the crosswalk the US Department of Labor publishes itself. If one of these was your job, this page is about the civilian work it maps to.
3F011 Personnel Helper
3F071 Personnel Craftsman
3F031 Personnel Apprentice
3F051 Personnel Journeyman
PS Personnel Specialist
3F511 Administration Helper
3F500 Administration Manager
3F571 Administration Craftsman
003696 Limited Duty Coordinator
3F531 Administration Apprentice
3F551 Administration Journeyman
SEI11 Human Resource Management
and 7 more service codes map here
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This page is about the occupation Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping. What this job involves and what it is made of come from O*NET 30.3, the US Department of Labor's occupation database, refreshed July 2026; Rung writes those records into the plain sentences you see. Pay comes from the Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS release for 2025. Rung is an independent service and is not affiliated with or endorsed by either agency. How Rung handles accuracy is on the accuracy page, and the full data credits are on the credits page.