Federal obligations in human resources consulting services (NAICS 541612)

HR advice and search, not a payroll NAICS

NAICS 541612 covers human-resources consulting and, under the older title, executive-search consulting. Classification, compensation studies, and search work can land here when the award is tagged 541612. Temporary help (561320), office administrative services (561110), and payroll processing sit on other codes. The $4,406,097,995.99 total is the consulting/search tag, not “all federal HR spending.”

The dual title on the packet is a Census vintage note, not two separate dollar piles. SpendingVault’s row is one NAICS code. Do not treat 2002 and 2007 titles as additive. The code is not an FEC employer string such as “consultant” and not an OPM HR-staff headcount.

2,527 awards on a $4.41 billion obligation stock

Two thousand five hundred twenty-seven awards produced $4,406,097,995.99 in obligations. That action count is moderate: thicker than sparse training vehicles, thinner than wholesale files with hundreds of thousands of orders. Large HR-transformation vehicles can sit beside smaller classification task orders. The packet does not split those types.

Obligations move with new awards, options, and modifications, including deobligations. Outlays are payments for delivered advice or search work and are not this $4,406,097,995.99 rollup. A multi-year consulting vehicle can show a large commitment while invoices follow deliverables. The industry page does not convert obligations into a staffing calendar.

Contract NAICS versus personnel grants

USAspending.gov stores NAICS on contract actions. Intergovernmental personnel, training grants, and many human-capital assistance awards often have no NAICS field. Those dollars will not add to the 2,527 awards. Open program pages for grant-funded workforce activity.

The label is a Census professional-services classification with a 2002/2007 title footnote. It is not a GSA schedule name by itself and not campaign-finance text. Cite USAspending.gov via SpendingVault for $4,406,097,995.99 and the 2,527-award count.

Reading the 541612 table

The hub lists recipients and awards that share this NAICS tag. A large obligation is a disclosed commitment. It is not a finding that a search was biased, that a classification was wrong, or that a small business was excluded. SpendingVault does not score HR outcomes from the dollar total.

Use award IDs, not the $4,406,097,995.99 headline, to separate two firms. Subcontracted survey vendors may be missing if the prime coded HR consulting. UEI and name changes are ordinary in the file.

Neighboring 5416 and 5613 codes

Administrative management consulting (541611), other scientific consulting (541690), and temporary help (561320) are separate pages. Adding them to $4,406,097,995.99 would mix general management advice and temp supply with HR consulting. That recode is not this page.

Assistance without NAICS remains outside the 2,527-award count. For a firm that holds both consulting contracts and training grants, open the recipient record. This guide stays on contract NAICS 541612 from USAspending.gov. Keep obligations distinct from outlays.

Why the packet prints two Census titles

USAspending and Census crosswalks often show the 2007 title (human resources consulting services) and the 2002 title (human resources and executive search consulting services) on the same six-digit code. That is a vintage label, not a second $4,406,097,995.99 pile. Executive-search work that contracting officers tag as 541612 sits in this rollup; search tagged as 5613 employment services does not. The 2,527 awards follow the code, not the English subtitle the officer happened to read.

Searchers who want “all HR contractors” must still add temp help, PEOs, and computer staff-augmentation codes and will still miss assistance. This page does not perform that recode. Cite contract NAICS 541612 only. Do not treat the row as an FEC occupation called consultant. The $4,406,097,995.99 figure remains an obligation stock on USAspending.gov. Modifications that end a classification study will lower the running total without publishing a vacancy-fill rate on this hub. Open award rows for labor-category detail. Neighboring 5416 management-consulting lines stay on their own pages unless those awards were tagged 541612. Classification studies tagged 541612 still sit in $4,406,097,995.99; temp-help tagged 561320 does not. The 2,527 awards remain an action count, not a count of HR offices. Keep the 2002/2007 titles as one code. Cite USAspending.gov contract obligations only. Executive-search tagged 541612 remains inside this rollup; employment-services tagged 5613 does not.

Questions

How much has the federal government obligated under NAICS 541612?

USAspending.gov contract aggregates on SpendingVault show $4,406,097,995.99 in obligations across 2,527 awards tagged human resources consulting (2007 title) / HR and executive search consulting (2002 title). The number is obligations, not outlays. Assistance without NAICS is omitted. It is not an OPM headcount and not an FEC “consultant” string.

Are the 2002 and 2007 titles two different totals?

No. They are vintage names for the same six-digit code 541612. SpendingVault’s packet prints both titles; the $4,406,097,995.99 figure is one rollup, not two. The 2,527 awards are that code’s contract actions on USAspending.gov. Do not add the titles together as if they were separate industries.

Does this include temporary help or payroll?

Temporary help is NAICS 561320. Payroll and PEOs sit on other administrative codes. Those awards will not add to the $4,406,097,995.99 total unless they were tagged 541612. The 2,527 awards are the HR consulting/search contract tag from USAspending.gov via SpendingVault.

Are these figures cash outlays for consulting?

No. They are obligations: legally binding commitments on contract actions. Outlays are payments for delivered work and are not this $4,406,097,995.99 rollup. A multi-year vehicle can obligate a large amount while invoices follow deliverables. SpendingVault cites USAspending.gov contract NAICS for the 2,527 awards.