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Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists

United States. Estimated employment 112,380, with pages for 4 metro areas below.

Data released May 2025 BLS OEWS · SOC 13-1141
Fig. 1 — The wage rule

Where you sit in the distribution

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$78,210 · 50th
$49,48010th
$60,89025th
$78,21050th
$100,40075th
$128,92090th

That is the medianhalf of people in this occupation in the US earn more.

Table 1 — By metro area

Where it pays

Every published Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists page, by median pay. Employment is the BLS estimate for the metro.

Metro areaMedianEmployment
New York, NY$89,1309,900
Kiryas Joel, NY$79,580150
Syracuse, NY$77,930210
Buffalo, NY$74,210480
Sources

How this page was made

Wage data
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 release. Public domain.
Employment
112,380 employed in this occupation nationally (BLS estimate; excludes the self-employed).
Occupation
SOC 13-1141, Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists. Mapped to our taxonomy as compensation-benefits-and-job-analysis-specialists.

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