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This question is about human resources assistant demographics.
82.4% of human resources assistants are female in the United States. This is 2.5 percentage points higher than last year. Additionally, the percentage of female human resources assistants has increased by 0.9 percentage points since 2010. That means there are a total of 317,096 female human resources assistants in the U.S. and 67,730 male human resources assistants in the United States. Note that Zippia's estimate accounts only for the 384,826 people with the specific job title of human resources assistant and doesn't include grouping similar job titles, or people with potentially similar credentialing.
| Year | Female Human Resources Assistants | Male Human Resources Assistants | Percentage Female Human Resources Assistants | Percentage Male Human Resources Assistants | |
| 2019 | 342 | 73 | 82.4% | 17.6% | |
| 2018 | 303 | 76 | 80.0% | 20.0% | |
| 2017 | 304 | 70 | 81.3% | 18.7% | |
| 2016 | 296 | 53 | 84.8% | 15.2% | |
| 2015 | 296 | 63 | 82.5% | 17.5% | |
| 2014 | 359 | 63 | 85.1% | 14.9% | |
| 2013 | 452 | 62 | 87.9% | 12.1% | |
| 2012 | 464 | 70 | 86.9% | 13.1% | |
| 2011 | 253 | 65 | 79.6% | 20.4% | |
| 2010 | 349 | 79 | 81.5% | 18.5% |

Additionally, female human resources assistants tend to be older than male human resources assistants. The average age of a female human resources assistant is 43.0, while the average age of a male human resources assistant is 34.6.
While the majority of U.S. human resources assistants are female in 2022, there are still some occupations where males dominate. For example, 81% of auto service advisor are male. On the other hand, some human resources assistant jobs are dominated by females. 91% of loan secretary, for instance, are female.
Like most jobs, there's a gender pay gap among human resources assistants. The average male human resources assistant earns an average annual salary of $36,429, while the average female human resources assistant earns an average annual income of $35,724, meaning female human resources assistants make 98 cents for every dollar a man earns.
Are human resources assistants jobs male or female dominated?
Human Resources Assistant jobs are female dominated. 82.4% of human resources assistants are female and 17.599999999999994% of human resources assistants are male in the United States.
How has the number of female human resources assistants changed over time?
The number of female human resources assistants has increased by 0.9% since 2010. In 2010, there were 81.5% female human resources assistants and the latest data shows that there are 82.4% female human resources assistants in the U.S.

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