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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Total Number of Candidates Examined

From January 1 to December 31, 2022, 13,516 HR practitioners tested for one of HRCI's eight credentials - the aPHR, aPHRi, PHR, PHRi, PHRca, SPHR, SPHRi, or GPHR.

Number of HRCI Certification Holders as of January 18, 2023

9,692

aPHR

66,743

PHR

44,790

SPHR

2,744

GPHR

1,936

PHRca*

2,675

PHRi

2,459

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.