Occupation AtlasCompensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists

O*NET · 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.

Also called Benefit Programs Specialist · Benefits Admin · Benefits Administrator (Benefits Admin) · Benefits Analyst · Benefits Consultant · Benefits Coordinator · Benefits Professional · Benefits Rep
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Benefits Representative (Benefits Rep) · Benefits Specialist · Claims Benefit Specialist · Compensation Analyst · Compensation and Benefits Analyst · Compensation and Benefits Specialist · Compensation Consultant · Compensation Expert · Compensation Specialist · Employee Benefits Specialist · Employment Advisor · Health Benefits Specialist · Health Plan Specialist · Healthcare Consultant · HR Benefits Specialist · HR Benefits Specialist (Human Resources Benefits Specialist) · Job Analyst · Job Specification Writer · Occupational Analyst · Payroll and Benefits Admin · Payroll and Benefits Administrator (Payroll and Benefits Admin) · Payroll Specialist · Pension Admin · Pension Administrator (Pension Admin) · Pensions Retirement Plan Specialist · Personnel Specialist · Position Classification Specialist · Position Classifier · Reimbursement Specialist · Retirement Plan Specialist · Salary and Wage Admin · Salary and Wage Administrator (Salary and Wage Admin) · Sales Compensation Analyst · Union Contract Rep · Union Contract Representative (Union Contract Rep) · Wage Adjuster · Wage Analyst · Wage and Salary Specialist · Wage Conciliator · Workers' Compensation Claims Specialist · Workforce Analyst

Job Zone 4 — Considerable Preparation NeededHolland code CES35 skills on file

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Zone 4: Considerable Preparation Needed

Considerable preparation. Usually a bachelor's degree plus several years of work-related experience, knowledge, or training.

Job Zone is O*NET's rating of how much education, experience and training an occupation typically needs — a property of the work, not of anyone doing it.

Occupational interest profile

CESConventional · Enterprising · Social — the three strongest interests, in order

  • C Conventional5.80
  • E Enterprising5.38
  • S Social3.64
  • I Investigative3.42
  • A Artistic1.41
  • R Realistic1.29

RIASEC (Holland) interests on O*NET's 0–7 scale: what the work draws on, not what any individual prefers. Hover a row for what each dimension means.

Education and experience

The education level respondents say the job requires, and the most common answer for experience and training.

  • High School Diploma or the equivalent5%
  • Bachelor's Degree86%
  • Post-Baccalaureate Certificate10%
Related work experience
Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years (43%)
On-site or in-plant training
Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months (33%)
On-the-job training
Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months (29%)

Typically associated skills

All 35 O*NET skills, most important first. Importance (1–5) says how much a skill matters here; level (0–7) says how much of it the work calls for, with O*NET's example of a nearby level. Neither is a proficiency rating of a person.

  • Active ListeningbasicImportance 3.9Level 4.0Level 4 looks like: Answer inquiries regarding credit references
  • Reading ComprehensionbasicImportance 3.9Level 4.0Level 4 looks like: Understand an email from management describing new personnel policies
  • SpeakingbasicImportance 3.9Level 4.0Level 4 looks like: Interview applicants to obtain personal and work history
  • Critical ThinkingbasicImportance 3.8Level 3.9Level 4 looks like: Evaluate customer complaints and determine appropriate responses
  • WritingbasicImportance 3.4Level 3.9Level 4 looks like: Write an email to staff outlining new directives
  • Active LearningbasicImportance 3.4Level 3.8Level 4 looks like: Determine the impact of new menu changes on a restaurant's purchasing requirements
  • Judgment and Decision MakingImportance 3.1Level 3.8Level 4 looks like: Evaluate a loan application for degree of risk
  • Systems AnalysisImportance 3.1Level 3.6Level 4 looks like: Determine how a new piece of equipment will affect production rates
  • Systems EvaluationImportance 3.1Level 3.6Level 4 looks like: Identify the reasons why a client might be unhappy with a product
  • Complex Problem SolvingImportance 3.1Level 3.5Level 4 looks like: Redesign a floor layout to take advantage of new manufacturing techniques
  • MonitoringbasicImportance 3.1Level 3.5Level 4 looks like: Monitor a meeting and revise the agenda to ensure important topics are discussed
  • MathematicsbasicImportance 3.1Level 3.1Level 4 looks like: Calculate the square footage of a new home under construction
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Tasks

6 core · 16 supplemental

What people in this occupation do, as O*NET records it, core tasks first by importance (1–5).

  1. Administer employee insurance, pension, and savings plans, working with insurance brokers and plan carriers.Importance 4.5
  2. Ensure company compliance with federal and state laws, including reporting requirements.Importance 4.4
  3. Research employee benefit and health and safety practices, and recommend changes or modifications to existing policies.Importance 4.1
  4. Advise managers and employees on state and federal employment regulations, collective agreements, benefit and compensation policies, personnel procedures, and classification programs.Importance 3.8
  5. Assist in preparing and maintaining personnel records and handbooks.Importance 3.0
  6. Plan and develop curricula and materials for training programs and conduct training.Importance 3.0
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  1. Develop and administer compensation programs, such as merit or incentive pay.Importance 4.3
  2. Evaluate job positions, determining classification, exempt or non-exempt status, and salary.Importance 3.9
  3. Prepare occupational classifications, job descriptions, and salary scales.Importance 3.9
  4. Consult with, or serve as, technical liaison between business, industry, government, and union officials.Importance 3.9
  5. Develop, implement, administer, and evaluate personnel and labor relations programs, including performance appraisal, affirmative action, and employment equity programs.Importance 3.8
  6. Perform multifactor data and cost analyses that may be used in areas such as support of collective bargaining agreements.Importance 3.8
  7. Provide advice on the resolution of classification and salary complaints.Importance 3.3
  8. Negotiate collective agreements on behalf of employers or workers, and mediate labor disputes and grievances.Importance 3.3
  9. Analyze organizational, occupational, and industrial data to facilitate organizational functions and provide technical information to business, industry, and government.Importance 3.3
  10. Assess need for and develop job analysis instruments and materials.Importance 3.2
  11. Observe, interview, and survey employees and conduct focus group meetings to collect job, organizational, and occupational information.Importance 3.1
  12. Plan, develop, evaluate, improve, and communicate methods and techniques for selecting, promoting, compensating, evaluating, and training workers.Importance 2.9
  13. Prepare reports, such as organization and flow charts and career path reports, to summarize job analysis and evaluation and compensation analysis information.Importance 2.9
  14. Research job and worker requirements, structural and functional relationships among jobs and occupations, and occupational trends.Importance 2.9
  15. Advise staff of individuals' qualifications.Importance 2.7
  16. Prepare research results for publication in form of journals, books, manuals, and film.Importance 1.8

Knowledge

Bodies of knowledge the work draws on.

  • Personnel and Human ResourcesImportance 4.2Level 5.0Level 4 looks like: Interview applicants for an administrative position
  • English LanguageImportance 4.0Level 4.2Level 4 looks like: Edit an article for a news website
  • Customer and Personal ServiceImportance 3.8Level 4.9Level 4 looks like: Be responsible for 10 children at daycare
  • MathematicsImportance 3.8Level 4.9Level 4 looks like: Analyze data to determine areas with the highest sales
  • Administration and ManagementImportance 3.6Level 4.5Level 4 looks like: Monitor progress of a project to ensure timely completion
  • Economics and AccountingImportance 3.3Level 4.0Level 4 looks like: Develop financial investment programs for individual clients
  • AdministrativeImportance 3.2Level 4.4Level 4 looks like: Type 30 words per minute
  • Computers and ElectronicsImportance 3.1Level 4.2Level 4 looks like: Use a computer to format a document
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  • Communications and MediaImportance 3.0Level 2.9
  • Law and GovernmentImportance 3.0Level 2.7
  • Education and TrainingImportance 2.9Level 3.7Level 4 looks like: Lead a quality improvement seminar
  • PsychologyImportance 2.2Level 2.2Level 1 looks like: Monitor several children on a playground
  • Public Safety and SecurityImportance 2.2Level 1.7Level 1 looks like: Use a seatbelt
  • Sales and MarketingImportance 2.0Level 1.9Level 1 looks like: Sell cakes at a bake sale
  • Sociology and AnthropologyImportance 2.0Level 2.0Level 1 looks like: Identify two cultures in a story as being different
  • TelecommunicationsImportance 1.9Level 0.9Level 1 looks like: Send an email
  • Therapy and CounselingImportance 1.9Level 2.0Level 1 looks like: Put ice on a sprained ankle
  • GeographyImportance 1.8Level 1.5Level 1 looks like: Know the capital of the United States
  • Medicine and DentistryImportance 1.8Level 1.4Level 1 looks like: Use a band-aid
  • Production and ProcessingImportance 1.8Level 1.5Level 1 looks like: Put a computer back into its packing materials
  • DesignImportance 1.7Level —
  • TransportationImportance 1.6Level 0.9Level 1 looks like: Ride a train to work
  • BiologyImportance 1.5Level —
  • ChemistryImportance 1.5Level —
  • Engineering and TechnologyImportance 1.5Level —
  • Foreign LanguageImportance 1.5Level 0.8Level 1 looks like: Say "please" and "thank you" in a foreign language
  • Building and ConstructionImportance 1.4Level —
  • History and ArcheologyImportance 1.3Level —
  • MechanicalImportance 1.3Level —
  • Fine ArtsImportance 1.2Level —
  • Philosophy and TheologyImportance 1.2Level —
  • PhysicsImportance 1.2Level —
  • Food ProductionImportance 1.1Level —

Abilities

Enduring capacities the work calls for.

  • Oral ExpressionImportance 4.0Level 4.0Level 4 looks like: Give instructions to a lost motorist
  • Oral ComprehensionImportance 3.9Level 4.1Level 4 looks like: Understand a coach's oral instructions for a sport
  • Written ComprehensionImportance 3.9Level 4.1Level 4 looks like: Understand an apartment lease
  • Deductive ReasoningImportance 3.6Level 3.9
  • Inductive ReasoningImportance 3.6Level 3.6Level 4 looks like: Determine the prime suspect based on crime scene evidence
  • Problem SensitivityImportance 3.6Level 3.8Level 4 looks like: Notice from a subtle difference in a client's mood that something is bothering them
  • Speech ClarityImportance 3.5Level 3.4Level 4 looks like: Make stadium-wide announcements during a sporting event
  • Information OrderingImportance 3.4Level 3.6Level 2 looks like: Follow the correct steps to make change
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  • Written ExpressionImportance 3.4Level 4.0Level 4 looks like: Write a job recommendation for a subordinate
  • Near VisionImportance 3.3Level 3.5Level 2 looks like: Read indicators on the dashboard of a car
  • Speech RecognitionImportance 3.3Level 3.6Level 4 looks like: Identify a former customer's voice over the phone
  • Mathematical ReasoningImportance 3.1Level 3.5Level 4 looks like: Decide how to calculate profits to determine the amounts of yearly bonuses
  • Category FlexibilityImportance 3.0Level 3.3Level 3 looks like: Classify flowers according to size, color, and smell
  • Flexibility of ClosureImportance 3.0Level 3.0Level 2 looks like: Detect that your phone is ringing while at a concert
  • Fluency of IdeasImportance 3.0Level 3.1Level 4 looks like: Think of as many ideas as possible for the name of a new company
  • OriginalityImportance 3.0Level 3.3Level 4 looks like: Redesign job tasks to be interesting for employees
  • Selective AttentionImportance 3.0Level 2.9Level 2 looks like: Answer a business call with coworkers talking nearby
  • Number FacilityImportance 2.9Level 3.3Level 3 looks like: Calculate a discounted price
  • Far VisionImportance 2.6Level 2.6Level 2 looks like: Read a roadside billboard
  • Perceptual SpeedImportance 2.6Level 2.8Level 2 looks like: Sort mail according to ZIP codes with no time pressure
  • Speed of ClosureImportance 2.6Level 2.9Level 3 looks like: Recognize a song after hearing only the first few notes
  • Auditory AttentionImportance 2.0Level 1.1Level 2 looks like: Listen to a lecture while people nearby are talking
  • MemorizationImportance 2.0Level 2.3Level 1 looks like: Remember the number on your bus to be sure you get back on the right one
  • Time SharingImportance 2.0Level 2.0Level 2 looks like: Listen to music while entering numbers into a spreadsheet
  • VisualizationImportance 2.0Level 2.0Level 2 looks like: Imagine how to place paper in a printer so that the letterhead comes out on top
  • Trunk StrengthImportance 1.8Level 1.1Level 2 looks like: Sit up in an office chair
  • Visual Color DiscriminationImportance 1.8Level 1.4Level 1 looks like: Separate laundry into colors and whites
  • Finger DexterityImportance 1.6Level 0.6
  • Hearing SensitivityImportance 1.6Level 1.1Level 2 looks like: Notice a doorbell ringing
  • Wrist-Finger SpeedImportance 1.6Level 0.6
  • Arm-Hand SteadinessImportance 1.5Level 0.6
  • Manual DexterityImportance 1.4Level 0.4Level 1 looks like: Screw a light bulb into a light socket
  • Control PrecisionImportance 1.3Level —
  • Depth PerceptionImportance 1.3Level —
  • Dynamic StrengthImportance 1.3Level —
  • Dynamic FlexibilityImportance 1.0Level —
  • Explosive StrengthImportance 1.0Level —
  • Extent FlexibilityImportance 1.0Level —
  • Glare SensitivityImportance 1.0Level —
  • Gross Body CoordinationImportance 1.0Level —
  • Gross Body EquilibriumImportance 1.0Level —
  • Multilimb CoordinationImportance 1.0Level —
  • Night VisionImportance 1.0Level —
  • Peripheral VisionImportance 1.0Level —
  • Rate ControlImportance 1.0Level —
  • Reaction TimeImportance 1.0Level —
  • Response OrientationImportance 1.0Level —
  • Sound LocalizationImportance 1.0Level —
  • Spatial OrientationImportance 1.0Level —
  • Speed of Limb MovementImportance 1.0Level —
  • StaminaImportance 1.0Level —
  • Static StrengthImportance 1.0Level —

Work activities

Kinds of activity the work is made of.

  • Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with StandardsImportance 4.3Level 5.0Level 4 looks like: Evaluate a complicated insurance claim for compliance with policy terms
  • Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or SubordinatesImportance 4.2Level 5.2Level 4 looks like: Report the results of a sales meeting to a supervisor
  • Getting InformationImportance 4.2Level 4.7Level 4 looks like: Review a budget
  • Working with ComputersImportance 4.2Level 3.6Level 4 looks like: Write software for keeping track of parts in inventory
  • Analyzing Data or InformationImportance 4.1Level 5.3Level 4 looks like: Determine the interest cost to finance a new building
  • Making Decisions and Solving ProblemsImportance 4.1Level 5.1Level 4 looks like: Select the location for a major retail store
  • Processing InformationImportance 4.1Level 4.9Level 4 looks like: Calculate the adjustments for insurance claims
  • Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal RelationshipsImportance 4.0Level 5.1Level 4 looks like: Maintain good working relationships with almost all coworkers and clients
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  • Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing WorkImportance 4.0Level 5.4Level 4 looks like: Plan and adjust a personal to-do list according to changing demands
  • Communicating with People Outside the OrganizationImportance 3.9Level 4.4Level 4 looks like: Present information to potential clients about available services
  • Updating and Using Relevant KnowledgeImportance 3.9Level 5.1Level 4 looks like: Keep current on changes in maintenance procedures for repairing sports cars
  • Documenting/Recording InformationImportance 3.6Level 4.1Level 4 looks like: Document the results of a crime scene investigation
  • Performing Administrative ActivitiesImportance 3.5Level 4.6Level 4 looks like: Complete tax forms for a small business
  • Providing Consultation and Advice to OthersImportance 3.5Level 4.3Level 4 looks like: Recommend a new software package to increase operational efficiency
  • Interpreting the Meaning of Information for OthersImportance 3.4Level 4.1Level 4 looks like: Interpret how foreign tax laws apply to U.S. exports
  • Developing Objectives and StrategiesImportance 3.3Level 4.1Level 4 looks like: Develop the plan to complete the merger of two organizations over a 3-year period
  • Resolving Conflicts and Negotiating with OthersImportance 3.3Level 4.2Level 4 looks like: Get two subordinates to agree about vacation schedules
  • Thinking CreativelyImportance 3.2Level 4.2Level 4 looks like: Adapt popular music for a high school marching band
  • Developing and Building TeamsImportance 3.1Level 3.2Level 4 looks like: Lead an assembly team in an automobile plant
  • Judging the Qualities of Objects, Services, or PeopleImportance 3.1Level 3.6Level 4 looks like: Determine the value of property lost in a fire
  • Identifying Objects, Actions, and EventsImportance 2.9Level 3.7Level 4 looks like: Judge the suitability of food products for an event
  • Monitoring Processes, Materials, or SurroundingsImportance 2.9Level 3.2Level 4 looks like: Test electrical circuits
  • Training and Teaching OthersImportance 2.9Level 3.2Level 4 looks like: Teach a social sciences course to high school students
  • Coaching and Developing OthersImportance 2.8Level 3.3Level 4 looks like: Provide on-the-job training for administrative workers
  • Guiding, Directing, and Motivating SubordinatesImportance 2.8Level 3.0Level 4 looks like: Manage a small team of employees in a dynamic workplace
  • Coordinating the Work and Activities of OthersImportance 2.7Level 3.2Level 4 looks like: Organize the cleanup crew after a major sporting event
  • Monitoring and Controlling ResourcesImportance 2.7Level 3.4Level 4 looks like: Work as a chef responsible for ordering food for the menu
  • Scheduling Work and ActivitiesImportance 2.6Level 2.9
  • Selling or Influencing OthersImportance 2.6Level 2.5Level 1 looks like: Convince a coworker to assist with an assignment
  • Assisting and Caring for OthersImportance 2.5Level 2.6
  • Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or InformationImportance 2.5Level 2.7
  • Staffing Organizational UnitsImportance 2.4Level 2.5Level 1 looks like: Work in a position that has minimal staffing requirements
  • Performing for or Working Directly with the PublicImportance 2.1Level 1.9Level 1 looks like: Check tickets at a concert
  • Handling and Moving ObjectsImportance 1.7Level 1.3Level 1 looks like: Change settings on copy machines
  • Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or MaterialsImportance 1.7Level 1.3Level 1 looks like: Check that doors to building are locked
  • Performing General Physical ActivitiesImportance 1.6Level 1.0Level 1 looks like: Walk between workstations in a small office
  • Controlling Machines and ProcessesImportance 1.5Level —
  • Drafting, Laying Out, and Specifying Technical Devices, Parts, and EquipmentImportance 1.5Level —
  • Repairing and Maintaining Electronic EquipmentImportance 1.5Level —
  • Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or EquipmentImportance 1.3Level —
  • Repairing and Maintaining Mechanical EquipmentImportance 1.3Level —

Work context

The conditions most characteristic of the work, on O*NET's 1–5 context scale.

  • E-Mail5.0
  • Telephone Conversations4.8
  • Spend Time Sitting4.7
  • Face-to-Face Discussions with Individuals and Within Teams4.6
  • Importance of Being Exact or Accurate4.5
  • Contact With Others4.4
  • Indoors, Environmentally Controlled4.4
  • Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Company Results4.1
  • Work With or Contribute to a Work Group or Team4.1
  • Determine Tasks, Priorities and Goals4.0

Technology

95 tools

Software used in this work. In demand: among the tools job postings for this occupation name most. Hot: often named in job postings across the economy.

In demand (6)

  • Microsoft Excelhot
  • Microsoft Office softwarehot
  • Microsoft Outlookhot
  • Microsoft PowerPointhot
  • Workday softwarehot
  • Oracle HRIS

Hot (12; 5 more marked hot above)

  • IBM SPSS Statistics
  • Kronos Workforce Timekeeper
  • Microsoft Access
  • Microsoft Project
  • Microsoft SharePoint
  • Microsoft SQL Server
  • Microsoft Visual Basic
  • Microsoft Word
  • Oracle PeopleSoft
  • SAP software
  • SAS
  • Structured query language SQL
Other tools (77)
  • Actuarial Systems Corporation AIM
  • Actuarial Systems Corporation Compliance Testing System
  • Actuarial Systems Corporation Defined Benefit System
  • Actuarial Systems Corporation Document Generation and Management System
  • Actuarial Systems Corporation DV Direct
  • ADP Enterprise eTIME
  • ADP Workforce Now
  • Apex Business Software iBenefits
  • Ascentis Employee Self-Service
  • Ascentis HR
  • Bargaining Power
  • BEMAS PayDirect
  • Benaissance COBRApoint
  • BenAssist
  • Benefit Plan Systems Corporation The Plan Administrator
  • Benefit Software Fringe Facts
  • BenefitFocus HR in Touch
  • BeneLink Connect
  • Benelogic
  • BeneXL Technologies Pension Administration System
  • Byrne Software Technologies Visual HCS
  • Callidus TrueComp
  • Ceridian Dayforce enterprise HCM
  • Clayton Wallis CompGeo Online Professional Forecast Library
  • DataPath dpiSuite
  • Document management system software
  • Ebenefits Solutions Benefits Management
  • Employee self-service software
  • Halogen eCompensation
  • Healthcare common procedure coding system HCPCS
  • Human resource information system (HRIS)
  • Human resource management software HRMS
  • Humanic Design Employmee Self-Service
  • Humanic Design Human Resources Management System
  • IBM Cognos
  • IBM Cognos Impromptu
  • Incentive management system software
  • InfinityHR
  • Lawson ERP
  • LinkedIn
  • Lynchval Systems Lvadmin
  • Lynchval Systems Lvval
  • Lynchval Systems Lvxact
  • Medical condition coding software
  • Medical procedure coding software
  • Microsoft Dynamics
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer
  • MicroStrategy
  • NPKTools Comp Analytics
  • NPKTools CompXpert
  • O*NET OnLine
  • OnQue Technologies COBRA OnOne
  • Oracle E-Business Suite Human Resources Management System
  • Oracle Fusion Applications
  • Oracle Taleo
  • Project planning software
  • Relational database management software
  • Sage HRMS
  • Salary.com
  • SAP Crystal Reports
  • SAP ERP Human Capital Management
  • SBC Systems Benefits Workstation
  • Stroud & Associates Employee Benefits Administration System
  • Survey Sense
  • Transcend Technologies Group benefitsCONNECT
  • Travis Software TravisFlex
  • Ultimate Software UltiPro Workplace
  • Vebnet FIX&FLEX
  • Virtual Benefits Administrator
  • Vitech Systems Group V3 Benefits Administration System
  • VUE Benefits Manager
  • VUE Compensation Management
  • Watson Wyatt CompQuest On-Line
  • Watson Wyatt Global Grading System
  • Watson Wyatt Reward
  • Workscape Outsourced Employee Benefits Administration
  • Xactly Compel

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