All About Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists

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

Life as a Benefits and Job Analysis Specialist: What Do They Do?

• Assess need for and develop job analysis instruments and materials.
• Research employee benefit and health and safety practices and recommend changes or modifications to existing policies.
• Speak at conferences and events to promote apprenticeships and related training programs.
• Prepare research results for publication in form of journals, books, manuals, and film.
• Plan, develop, evaluate, improve, and communicate methods and techniques for selecting, promoting, compensating, evaluating, and training workers.
• Perform multifactor data and cost analyses that may be used in areas such as support of collective bargaining agreements.

Benefits and Job Analysis Specialist Required Skills

Below is a list of the skills most Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists say are important on the job.

Reading Comprehension: Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.

Critical Thinking: Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.

Active Listening: Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.

Speaking: Talking to others to convey information effectively.

Complex Problem Solving: Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.

Types of Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists

• Job Specification Writer
• Benefits Administrator
• Compensation Coordinator
• Benefits Representative
• Benefits Specialist

What Kind of Benefits and Job Analysis Specialist Job Opportunities Are There?

In 2016, there was an estimated number of 84,200 jobs in the United States for Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists.

New jobs are being produced at a rate of 8.5% which is lower than average. The Bureau of Labor Statistics predicts 7,200 new jobs for Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists by 2026. Due to new job openings and attrition, there will be an average of 7,700 job openings in this field each year.

The states with the most job growth for Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists are California, Texas, and New York.

Watch out if you plan on working in Wyoming, Vermont, or New Mexico. These states have the worst job growth for this type of profession.

Salary for Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists

The typical yearly salary for Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists is somewhere between $39,270 and $102,400. A Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialist median salary is $63,000.

How much do Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists make in different U.S. states?

Annual Mean Salary by State

State	Annual Mean Salary
District of Columbia	$88,400
New Jersey	$83,710
Maryland	$77,480
Connecticut	$76,760
New York	$76,680
Delaware	$76,320
Washington	$75,860
Rhode Island	$75,800
Utah	$75,270
California	$74,560
Massachusetts	$73,880
Alaska	$73,500
Virginia	$73,110
Pennsylvania	$72,700
Colorado	$72,350
Minnesota	$71,380
Oregon	$69,110
Texas	$68,990
New Hampshire	$68,380
Illinois	$67,110
Wyoming	$66,920
Iowa	$65,310
North Carolina	$65,170
Georgia	$64,870
Missouri	$64,120
Ohio	$63,460
Vermont	$63,360
Michigan	$63,100
Alabama	$62,610
Kansas	$62,530
Hawaii	$62,350
Nebraska	$61,280
North Dakota	$60,800
New Mexico	$60,570
Maine	$60,440
Arizona	$60,350
Nevada	$59,770
Tennessee	$59,150
West Virginia	$58,340
Idaho	$57,220
Wisconsin	$56,870
Montana	$56,490
Oklahoma	$54,950
Kentucky	$54,900
Indiana	$54,580
Arkansas	$54,560
Florida	$54,280
South Carolina	$53,940
South Dakota	$52,920
Mississippi	$50,870
Louisiana	$46,690

What Tools do Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists Use?

Although they’re not necessarily needed for all jobs, the following technologies are used by many Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists:

• Medical procedure coding software
• Microsoft Access
• Microsoft Word
• Structured query language SQL
• Microsoft Project
• SAS
• Microsoft SharePoint
• Medical condition coding software
• SAP
• SAP ERP Human Capital Management

Where do Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists Work?

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Career changers with experience as a Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialist sometimes find work in one of the following fields:

• Proofreaders and Copy Markers

References

Bureau of Labor Statistics

College Factual

O*NET Online

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