BENEFITS OF INDIVIDUAL CERTIFICATION

HRCI Exam Statistics

With the exception of the aPHRi, all of the HRCI programs listed below are accredited by the National Commission for Certifying Agencies (NCCA). HRCI is required to report exam statistics annually in accordance with NCCA standards.

In order to earn an HRCI certification, all candidates must meet eligibility requirements and pass an exam.

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From January 1 to December 31, 2025, the following number of HR practitioners tested for one of these HRCI credentials: aPHR - 2145, PHR - 4920, PHRca - 293, SPHR - 2993, and GPHR - 428.

Number of HRCI Certification Holders as of January 5, 2026

10,184

aPHR

63,311

PHR

40,672

SPHR

2,807

GPHR

2,093

PHRca*

3,932

PHRi

3,741

SPHRi

HRCI’s Directory of Certified HR Professionals can be found here.

*For consistency of reporting, the PHRca figure includes those who earned the PHRca when the PHR/SPHR prerequisite was in place as well as those who earned the standalone credential after the eligibility criteria changed in April 2016.