Occupations/13-1141.00

Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists

Conduct programs of compensation and benefits and job analysis for employer. May specialize in specific areas, such as position classification and pension programs.

Bachelor’s

Usually a four-year bachelor’s degree.

AI automation risk

79%

Higher automation risk

Human characteristics

35%

Fewer uniquely human demands

Task orientation

68%

Higher automation risk

A day in this job

  • Mostly human

    Plan and develop curricula and materials for training programs and conduct training.

  • Mostly routine

    Assist in preparing and maintaining personnel records and handbooks.

  • Mostly human

    Advise managers and employees on state and federal employment regulations, collective agreements, benefit and compensation policies, personnel procedures, and classification programs.

Split from the wording of these tasks, shown next to the occupation’s AI risk. It is not a separate score for each task, and it is not a forecast that the job disappears.

Core tasks

  1. 01Administer employee insurance, pension, and savings plans, working with insurance brokers and plan carriers.
  2. 02Ensure company compliance with federal and state laws, including reporting requirements.
  3. 03Research employee benefit and health and safety practices, and recommend changes or modifications to existing policies.
  4. 04Advise managers and employees on state and federal employment regulations, collective agreements, benefit and compensation policies, personnel procedures, and classification programs.
  5. 05Plan and develop curricula and materials for training programs and conduct training.
  6. 06Assist in preparing and maintaining personnel records and handbooks.

Model drivers (O*NET 1–5)

  • Repeating same tasks3.76
  • Degree of automation2.43
  • Time sitting4.71
  • Originality (ability)3.00
  • Conflict situations2.71
  • Hands-on objects/tools2.90
  • Outdoors / weather1.24
  • Disease exposure1.05
  • Decision freedom3.81

Top abilities

  • Oral Expression4.00
  • Written Comprehension3.88
  • Oral Comprehension3.88
  • Problem Sensitivity3.62
  • Inductive Reasoning3.62
  • Deductive Reasoning3.62
  • Speech Clarity3.50
  • Written Expression3.38

Essential skills

  • Reading Comprehension3.88
  • Active Listening3.88
  • Writing3.38
  • Speaking3.88
  • Mathematics3.12
  • Science1.88
  • Critical Thinking3.75
  • Active Learning3.38
  • Learning Strategies2.88
  • Monitoring3.12

CIP matches

52.0201Business Administration and Management, General52.0801Finance, General52.1001Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration, General52.1701Insurance

Schools offering related programs

12 of 86 shown

Earnings are College Scorecard medians for that program, 1 and 2 years after completion. A dash means the Department suppressed the cell or the campus is not in the field file.

InstitutionProgramTuitionAdmitGrad 6-yrEarnings

Stanford University

Stanford, CA · Private nonprofit

Business Administration and Management, General

52.0201

$62,4004%96%

1 yr $166,516

2 yr $163,337

Master's · CIP 52.02

Columbia University in the City of New York

New York, NY · Private nonprofit

Business Administration and Management, General

52.0201

$68,2004%96%

1 yr $166,356

2 yr $170,426

Master's · CIP 52.02

City Colleges of Chicago-Wilbur Wright College

Chicago, IL · Public

Business Administration and Management, General

52.0201

$4,600100%27%

1 yr $160,423

2 yr $189,565

Master's · CIP 52.02

University of California-San Diego

La Jolla, CA · Public

Business Administration and Management, General

52.0201

$15,20024%87%

1 yr $150,453

2 yr $143,744

Master's · CIP 52.02

New York University

New York, NY · Private nonprofit

Business Administration and Management, General

52.0201

$60,40012%88%

1 yr $150,006

2 yr $145,543

Master's · CIP 52.02

Howard University

Washington, DC · Private nonprofit

Business Administration and Management, General

52.0201

$33,20053%65%

1 yr $112,701

2 yr $114,046

Master's · CIP 52.02

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Cambridge, MA · Private nonprofit

Business Administration and Management, General

52.0201

$60,1004%96%

1 yr $88,639

2 yr $96,183

Master's · CIP 52.02

University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

Ann Arbor, MI · Public

Business Administration and Management, General

52.0201

$17,70018%93%

1 yr $87,942

2 yr $83,177

Bachelor's · CIP 52.02

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill, NC · Public

Business Administration and Management, General

52.0201

$9,00017%91%

1 yr $76,041

2 yr $73,823

Bachelor's · CIP 52.02

University of California-Los Angeles

Los Angeles, CA · Public

Business Administration and Management, General

52.0201

$13,8009%92%

1 yr $73,549

2 yr $81,456

Bachelor's · CIP 52.02

Emory University

Atlanta, GA · Private nonprofit

Business Administration and Management, General

52.0201

$60,80011%91%

1 yr $73,112

2 yr $77,283

Bachelor's · CIP 52.02

Georgetown University

Washington, DC · Private nonprofit

Business Administration and Management, General

52.0201

$65,40012%95%

1 yr $67,660

2 yr $69,338

Bachelor's · CIP 52.02