Headline risk
14%
Low RiskCompensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists
United States AI Work Index tracks this occupation on the shared structural baseline and then layers on local demand resilience, wages, and confidence.
Why This Score
Share of job tasks that overlap with current AI capabilities
Median annual wage
Projected employment change over 10 years
Typical preparation needed for this occupation
Occupation profile
Conduct programs of compensation and benefits and job analysis for employer. May specialize in specific areas, such as position classification and pension programs.
Task evidence
94% weighted task match · 5% effective coverage
Scores combine AI task overlap, human advantages, and local demand. How it works
United States Now
Median Wage
USD 77,020
Employment 2024
107.0K
Projected Change (2024–34)
5.3%
Openings (2024–34)
8.5K
Wage distribution
Demand outlook
Employment of compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists is projected to grow 5 percent from 2024 to 2034, faster than the average for all occupations.
Role Profile
Tasks
- 1. Administer employee insurance, pension, and savings plans, working with insurance brokers and plan carriers. AI use: 0%
- 2. Ensure company compliance with federal and state laws, including reporting requirements. AI use: 0%
- 3. Advise managers and employees on state and federal employment regulations, collective agreements, benefit and compensation policies, personnel procedures, and classification programs. AI use: 0%
- 4. Research employee benefit and health and safety practices, and recommend changes or modifications to existing policies. AI use: 0%
- 5. Perform multifactor data and cost analyses that may be used in areas such as support of collective bargaining agreements. AI use: 0%
- 6. Develop and administer compensation programs, such as merit or incentive pay.
Technologies
Requirements
Work context
Worker profile
Median age 44.2 · 61K employed
Under 25: 3% · 25–54: 69% · 55+: 28%
Related
No direct US role match is available yet for this occupation.
Source coverage
11/11 source families · O*NET 30.2 / OEWS 2024 / ORS 2025 / OOH 2025-08-28 / Projections 2024-34 / CPS 2025 / Anthropic task penetration
Mapping quality
crosswalk_exact · employment series present
Narrative & sources
Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists oversee wage and nonwage programs that an organization provides to its employees in return for their work. They also evaluate position descriptions to determine details such as classification and salary.
Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists are employed in nearly every industry. They typically work in offices, and most are full time.
Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists typically need a bachelor’s degree and related work experience to enter the occupation.
The median annual wage for compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists was $77,020 in May 2024.
Employment of compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists is projected to grow 5 percent from 2024 to 2034, faster than the average for all occupations.
Published limitations
This page shows the local country layer, not realised individual job outcomes. The global structural baseline is shared across countries; only the local demand and wage layer changes here.
Built from O*NET occupation descriptions, task statements, technology skills, work context, Job Zones, Anthropic task penetration, BLS OEWS wages, BLS projection tables, BLS ORS requirements, BLS OOH narrative content, BLS skills data, and BLS CPS occupation age tables.