Will AI replace Human Resources Managers?
AI reaches a large part of this job’s work.
45/100
High exposure
More exposed to AI than 72% of US workers.
- AI already used in
- 0% of the work
- As AI tools mature: up to
- 75% of the work
What the job involves
Plan, direct, or coordinate human resources activities and staff of an organization.
Where AI reaches the work
The job’s main tasks, heaviest first, by how far AI reaches them.
Within reach(20)
- Serve as a link between management and employees by handling questions, interpreting and administering contracts and helping resolve work-related problems.
- Plan, direct, supervise, and coordinate work activities of subordinates and staff relating to employment, compensation, labor relations, and employee relations.
- Advise managers on organizational policy matters, such as equal employment opportunity and sexual harassment, and recommend needed changes.
- 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.
- Administer compensation, benefits, and performance management systems, and safety and recreation programs.
and 15 more
Out of reach(6)
- Represent organization at personnel-related hearings and investigations.
- Perform difficult staffing duties, including dealing with understaffing, refereeing disputes, firing employees, and administering disciplinary procedures.
- Plan and conduct new employee orientation to foster positive attitude toward organizational objectives.
- Identify staff vacancies and recruit, interview, and select applicants.
- Investigate and report on industrial accidents for insurance carriers.
and 1 more
Also called
Employee Relations Manager · HR Manager (Human Resources Manager) · HR Manager · Employment Manager · Labor Relations Manager · Personnel Director · Personnel Manager · Placement Director
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What these numbers mean
The score is the share of this job’s work, weighted by how important and frequent each task is, that AI could do in half the time: tasks an AI model could do alone count in full, tasks that need software built on AI count half.
“AI already used” is the share of the work in tasks where people are recorded using AI today. “As AI tools mature” counts every task AI could halve, with or without extra software.
The percentile compares the score with every job’s, weighted by how many people in the US do each one. Exposure means AI could change how the work is done, not that the job goes away. These are estimates for the typical job, not predictions.
Sources
- O*NET 31.0 Database, U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration
- GPTs are GPTs: Labor market impact potential of LLMs (task labels), Eloundou, Manning, Mishkin & Rock (2023), OpenAI and University of Pennsylvania
- Anthropic Economic Index: labor market impacts (task penetration), Anthropic
- Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (national and metropolitan areas), U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics