Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2019

43-4161 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.

National estimates for this occupation
Industry profile for this occupation
Geographic profile for this occupation

National estimates for this occupation:

Employment estimate and mean wage estimates for this occupation:

Employment (1)	Employment RSE (3)	Mean hourly wage	Mean annual wage (2)	Wage RSE (3)
117,340	1.2 %	$20.49	$42,620	0.3 %

Percentile wage estimates for this occupation:

Percentile	10%	25%	50% (Median)	75%	90%
Hourly Wage	$13.83	$16.57	$19.92	$23.86	$28.52
Annual Wage (2)	$28,760	$34,470	$41,430	$49,640	$59,320

Industry profile for this occupation:

Industries with the highest published employment and wages for this occupation are provided. For a list of all industries with employment in this occupation, see the Create Customized Tables function.

Industries with the highest levels of employment in this occupation:

Industry	Employment (1)	Percent of industry employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Management of Companies and Enterprises	10,320	0.42	$20.89	$43,450
Federal Executive Branch (OES Designation)	9,410	0.47	$22.10	$45,970
Employment Services	8,550	0.23	$19.45	$40,460
Local Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation)	5,190	0.09	$23.43	$48,730
General Medical and Surgical Hospitals	4,570	0.08	$20.41	$42,460

Industries with the highest concentration of employment in this occupation:

Industry	Employment (1)	Percent of industry employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Federal Executive Branch (OES Designation)	9,410	0.47	$22.10	$45,970
Lessors of Nonfinancial Intangible Assets (except Copyrighted Works)	100	0.45	$23.84	$49,590
Management of Companies and Enterprises	10,320	0.42	$20.89	$43,450
Office Administrative Services	1,670	0.33	$19.80	$41,190
Employment Services	8,550	0.23	$19.45	$40,460

Top paying industries for this occupation:

Industry	Employment (1)	Percent of industry employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Postal Service (federal government)	270	0.04	$29.19	$60,720
Motor Vehicle Manufacturing	40	0.02	$26.13	$54,340
Natural Gas Distribution	50	0.04	$25.98	$54,040
Aerospace Product and Parts Manufacturing	370	0.07	$24.92	$51,830
Computer and Peripheral Equipment Manufacturing	80	0.05	$24.22	$50,380

Geographic profile for this occupation:

States and areas with the highest published employment, location quotients, and wages for this occupation are provided. For a list of all areas with employment in this occupation, see the Create Customized Tables function.

States with the highest employment level in this occupation:

State	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
California	13,150	0.76	0.95	$21.89	$45,530
Texas	11,590	0.93	1.17	$19.77	$41,110
New York	9,580	1.01	1.26	$22.81	$47,440
Florida	6,200	0.71	0.88	$18.99	$39,510
New Jersey	5,430	1.33	1.66	$21.52	$44,770

States with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in this occupation:

State	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Maryland	3,700	1.37	1.71	$22.09	$45,940
Alaska	420	1.34	1.68	$23.15	$48,160
New Jersey	5,430	1.33	1.66	$21.52	$44,770
Hawaii	740	1.17	1.46	$20.32	$42,250
Rhode Island	550	1.14	1.43	$20.94	$43,560

Top paying States for this occupation:

State	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
District of Columbia	640	0.89	1.11	$26.39	$54,900
Connecticut	1,050	0.63	0.79	$23.60	$49,080
Alaska	420	1.34	1.68	$23.15	$48,160
New York	9,580	1.01	1.26	$22.81	$47,440
Massachusetts	2,130	0.59	0.74	$22.68	$47,180

Metropolitan areas with the highest employment level in this occupation:

Metropolitan area	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA	10,510	1.09	1.36	$23.06	$47,960
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	4,620	0.74	0.93	$21.01	$43,690
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	3,490	0.95	1.20	$20.96	$43,590
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	3,110	0.98	1.22	$24.09	$50,120
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	2,790	0.97	1.21	$20.58	$42,810
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX	2,550	0.84	1.05	$20.41	$42,450
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI	2,370	0.51	0.63	$20.12	$41,840
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	2,250	1.14	1.43	$21.86	$45,480
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	1,910	1.39	1.73	$22.50	$46,800
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	1,790	0.68	0.85	$19.92	$41,430