Career
Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists
Analyze jobs and pay to help employers set fair compensation.
$78,210
Median pay
+6.0%
Job growth, 2025–35
9,000
Openings a year
Bachelor's degree
Typical education
4 years
Typical time after high school
Here's what you actually need to know.
The work
What people in this job do
- Administer employee insurance, pension, and savings plans, working with insurance brokers and plan carriers.
- Ensure company compliance with federal and state laws, including reporting requirements.
- Research employee benefit and health and safety practices, and recommend changes or modifications to existing policies.
- Advise managers and employees on state and federal employment regulations, collective agreements, benefit and compensation policies, personnel procedures, and classification programs.
- Plan and develop curricula and materials for training programs and conduct training.
The outlook
How the forecast changed this year
The deeper question
What kind of person does this path ask you to become?
What this work centers on
O*NET interest profile, scored 1–7.
The work
Do you want most of your days spent on information & systems, then persuasion & leadership?
Responsibility
Are you willing to be the one responsible for this?
“Administer employee insurance, pension, and savings plans, working with insurance brokers and plan carriers.”
Development
What would you need to build over the next 5–10 years?
Reading Comprehension, Active Listening, Speaking, Critical Thinking.
Trade-offs
What does it ask of you in exchange?
4 years of education after high school (bachelor's degree), for a median of $78,210 a year and 9,000 openings nationally each year.
Paths in
Degrees that lead here
- Business AdministrationSee the degree →
- FinanceSee the degree →
- Human ResourcesSee the degree →
- Business Administration and Management, GeneralCIP 52.0201
- Finance, GeneralCIP 52.0801
- Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration, GeneralCIP 52.1001
Paths across
Careers that use similar skills
- Compensation and Benefits Managers$149,230 · +1.1%
- Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping$50,610 · -6.2%
- Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs$54,210 · +1.6%
- Human Resources Specialists$75,940 · +6.4%
- Human Resources Managers$149,280 · +5.5%
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Sources
- BLS Employment Projections, 2025–35, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Retrieved 2026-10-01.
- BLS Employment Projections, 2024–34 (archived), U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Retrieved 2026-10-01.
- O*NET 31.0 Database (August 2026), National Center for O*NET Development / U.S. Department of Labor. Retrieved 2026-10-01.
- CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 Crosswalk, NCES and BLS. Retrieved 2026-10-01.