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Staffing Organizational Units

Work activity group · O*NET

Staffing Organizational Units is one of the 41 Generalized Work Activities at the top of O*NET's work-activity hierarchy — the broadest description of what people do on the job, sitting above the more specific intermediate and detailed work activities. Across the 894 occupations O*NET rates on it, it scores an average importance of 2.17 of 5 — 6th percentile among all activity groups.

Intermediate activities it contains

The intermediate work activities O*NET groups under Staffing Organizational Units, ranked by how many occupations perform each. Each links to its own page.

Intermediate activity Occupations AI applied
Perform recruiting or hiring activities 57 35th pct
Perform human resources activities 26 57th pct

How AI is applied to this activity group

Microsoft's "Working with AI" study measured how often an AI assistant performs each work activity in real Bing Copilot conversations. Averaged across the 2 intermediate activities under Staffing Organizational Units that the study measured, this group ranks in the 46th percentile for how frequently AI is applied — a description of how AI is used today, not a forecast that the activity will be automated.

The figure is the mean of the child activities' applied-percentiles; open any activity above to see its underlying Microsoft measurements. Every occupation blends many activities, so a high AI-applied rank for one group does not mean a job is being automated.

Occupations that rely on this activity group most

Ranked by O*NET importance rating (1–5) for Staffing Organizational Units. Wages are BLS OEWS May 2024 national medians.

Occupation Importance Median pay Employment
Human Resources Managers 4.23 $140,030 215,520
Medical and Health Services Managers 4.14 $117,960 565,840
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary 4.06 $104,070 319,630
Lodging Managers 3.92 $68,130 41,350
Food Service Managers 3.90 $65,310 244,230
Entertainment and Recreation Managers, Except Gambling 3.90 $77,180 36,700
Security Managers 3.89 $104,690 141,090
Fitness and Wellness Coordinators 3.88 $61,340 10,490
Sales Managers 3.86 $138,060 603,710
Chief Executives 3.78 $206,420 211,850
Postmasters and Mail Superintendents 3.78 $92,730 13,810
Security Guards 3.77 $38,370 1,241,770
Wind Energy Operations Managers 3.76 $136,550 630,980
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers 3.75 $66,140 1,495,580
Gambling Managers 3.73 $85,580 4,620
First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers 3.72 $92,430 93,680
Supply Chain Managers 3.71 $102,010 213,000
Industrial-Organizational Psychologists 3.71 $109,840 1,050
General and Operations Managers 3.70 $102,950 3,584,420
Construction Managers 3.70 $106,980 348,330
Dentists, General 3.68 $172,790 113,490
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers 3.67 $47,520 174,660
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives 3.64 $105,980 153,130
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers 3.60 $56,170 124,130
Natural Sciences Managers 3.60 $161,180 100,870
Emergency Management Directors 3.59 $86,130 12,570
Computer and Information Systems Managers 3.58 $171,200 645,970
Coroners 3.58 $78,420 397,770
First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers 3.58 $76,310 53,390
Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare 3.57 $56,270 71,620
Logisticians 3.54 $80,880 235,640
First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers 3.54 $47,080 107,060
Agricultural Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary 3.54 $86,350 8,700
Correctional Officers and Jailers 3.49 $57,970 365,380
Acute Care Nurses 3.48 $93,600 3,282,010
Biofuels Production Managers 3.46 $121,440 234,380
Orthodontists 3.46 — 5,150
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers 3.45 $66,700 296,640
Spa Managers 3.45 $61,340 10,490
Freight Forwarders 3.43 $49,900 97,800
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers 3.42 $42,010 1,187,460
Quality Control Systems Managers 3.41 $121,440 234,380
Information Technology Project Managers 3.38 $108,970 439,380
Chefs and Head Cooks 3.38 $60,990 182,320
Education Administrators, Postsecondary 3.38 $103,960 176,420
Prosthodontists 3.38 — 760
First-Line Supervisors of Material-Moving Machine and Vehicle Operators 3.38 — —
Recreation Workers 3.36 $35,380 309,640
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers 3.33 $78,300 600,680
Treasurers and Controllers 3.32 $161,700 818,620
Purchasing Managers 3.32 $139,510 81,240
Hydroelectric Production Managers 3.30 $121,440 234,380
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers 3.30 $102,010 213,000
Public Safety Telecommunicators 3.30 $50,730 101,140
Geothermal Production Managers 3.29 $121,440 234,380
Park Naturalists 3.29 $67,950 25,590
Administrative Services Managers 3.26 $108,390 254,140
Chief Sustainability Officers 3.26 $206,420 211,850
Facilities Managers 3.26 $104,690 141,090
Surveyors 3.25 $72,740 53,080

Showing 60 of 894 occupations.

Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

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Singulariki. "Staffing Organizational Units." Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Built from O*NET 30.3; BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2024; Microsoft “Working with AI” working-with-ai. Accessed June 7, 2026. https://singulariki.com/activity-groups/staffing-organizational-units

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Singulariki. (2026). Staffing Organizational Units. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/activity-groups/staffing-organizational-units

BibTeX 
@misc{singulariki-staffing-organizational-units,
  title  = {Staffing Organizational Units},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2024; Microsoft “Working with AI” working-with-ai. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/activity-groups/staffing-organizational-units}
}

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