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2017 Edition

national industry 541612

Human Resources Consulting Services

Overview

This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in providing advice and assistance to businesses and other organizations in one or more of the following areas: (1) human resource and personnel policies, practices, and procedures; (2) employee benefits planning, communication, and administration; (3) compensation systems planning; and (4) wage and salary administration.

The immediate parent of national industry 541612 is international industry 54161: Management Consulting Services

Illustrative Examples

  • Benefit or compensation consulting services
  • Personnel management consulting services
  • Employee assessment consulting services
  • Human resources consulting services

2017 NAICS Edition Cross References

  • Providing professional and management development training--are classified in Industry 611430, Professional and Management Development Training;
  • Listing employment vacancies and selecting, referring, and placing applicants in employment--are classified in U.S. Industry 561311, Employment Placement Agencies; and
  • Providing executive search, recruitment, and placement services--are classified in U.S. Industry 561312, Executive Search Services.

Sub-Descriptions

  1. 541612 - Actuarial consulting services (except insurance actuarial services)
  2. 541612 - Benefit consulting services
  3. 541612 - Compensation consulting services
  4. 541612 - Compensation planning services
  5. 541612 - Employee assessment consulting services
  6. 541612 - Employee benefit consulting services
  7. 541612 - Employee compensation consulting services
  8. 541612 - Human resource consulting services
  9. 541612 - Labor relations consulting services
  10. 541612 - Organization development consulting services
  11. 541612 - Personnel management consulting services

History

The NAICS editions in which this code was present are indicated below. In the event that a code was changed from the prior edition the equivalent value in that edition is provided for reference.

Edition Existed Equivalent Value
2002 541612
2007 541612
2012 541612
2017 541612
2022 541612

Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Mappings

  1. 8742 - Management Consulting Services
  2. 8999 - Services, Not Elsewhere Classified

Insurance Industry Mappings

The US Property and Casualty Insurance Industry may use the following classification descriptions which might encompass national industry 541612, Human Resources Consulting Services:

  1. actuarial consultant
  2. actuarial service office
  3. benefit plan consultant
  4. compensation and benefit consulting
  5. consultant
  6. consultant actuarial
  7. consultant all other
  8. consultant compensation and benefit
  9. consultant human resource
  10. consultant management
  11. consultant merger and acquisition
  12. consultant not otherwise classified
  13. consultant recruiting
  14. consulting service
  15. human resource and personnel consultant
  16. human resource consulting
  17. human resource consulting service
  18. human resource hr consulting
  19. human resource or personnel consultant no placement agency
  20. management consultant
  21. management consulting
  22. management consulting service
  23. management consulting service not otherwise classified
  24. management consulting service not otherwise classified naic
  25. management scientific and technical consulting service
  26. office not otherwise classified
  27. office not otherwise classified condominium office
  28. office not otherwise classified office
  29. other consulting service
  30. professional scientific and technical service
  31. professional scientific and technical service not otherwise classified naic
  32. professional service not otherwise classified
  33. professional service office not otherwise classified
  34. service not otherwise classified

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