Human Resources Assistance

What the Numbers Say About Human Resources Assistance

As of the March 2025 reporting window, 8,332 people work in the Human Resources Assistance occupation (OPM code 203) across federal agencies, 0.4% of the 2,289,472-strong federal civilian workforce. Headcount moved down by -2.8% from the prior period, a useful gauge for job seekers on USAJOBS trying to assess whether this role is expanding government-wide or contracting under hiring freezes and attrition.

Human Resources Assistance pays $57,593 per year on average, 47.6% below the $109,869 federal civilian average, after moving up 2.7% from the prior period (a broad shift as locality pay tables and grade-level adjustments moved through the workforce). Employees in this role stay an average of 8 years, a mid-length average tenure, reflecting a mix of career employees and those who transfer or exit mid-career.

The Human Resources Management Group family (code 2) groups Human Resources Assistance together with 5 other related occupations across the federal government. Candidates browsing USAJOBS for Human Resources Assistance postings should also review these sibling occupations, since federal hiring managers often cross-post positions across closely related codes when recruitment is difficult. All figures here come directly from OPM FedScope Employment Cubes, the same official source referenced in federal workforce planning, budget justifications, and GAO reports.

Within the Human Resources Management Group family, Human Resources Assistance is one of the top 6 occupations by headcount (#2), accounting for 15.3% of the family's combined 54,281 employees. Its average salary ranks in the bottom half (17th percentile) of pay among Human Resources Management Group occupations.