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Compensation & Benefits Analysts

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The job

Median pay

$78k

$61k to $100k typical range

Outlook, 2025 to 2035

Growing fast

+6.0% projected

Openings a year

BLS projection

Typical education

Bachelor's

Our model

AI displacement risk

Very high

How much of this job AI may do instead of the person

Works with AI

4/100

AI alongside the person rather than instead of them

AI exposure

91st pct

More exposed than 91% of occupations · modeled estimate · 58th pct in Microsoft's data

Future-proof

46/100

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Key skills

Reading Comprehension
Active Listening
Speaking
Critical Thinking
Writing
Active Learning

Pay and jobs by state

BLS OEWS May 2025, 51 states. Sorted by jobs; per 1,000 is jobs per thousand workers in the state; vs national compares that rate with the country's. A tilde marks a figure estimated from the parent occupation group where BLS publishes none.

State	Jobs	Per 1,000	vs national	Median pay
California	13,430	0.7	1.0×	$91k
New York	11,470	1.2	1.6×	$83k
Texas	9,836	0.7	1.0×	$75k~
Florida	6,610	0.7	0.9×	$65k
Pennsylvania	4,910	0.8	1.1×	$71k
Georgia	4,780	1.0	1.4×	$67k
Illinois	4,410	0.7	1.0×	$79k
North Carolina	3,930	0.8	1.1×	$68k
Virginia	3,500	0.9	1.2×	$81k
Massachusetts	3,390	0.9	1.3×	$96k

All 51 states

State	Jobs	Per 1,000	vs national	Median pay
Washington	3,350	0.9	1.3×	$87k
New Jersey	3,150	0.7	1.0×	$85k
Ohio	2,950	0.5	0.7×	$76k
Michigan	2,480	0.6	0.8×	$79k
Arizona	2,230	0.7	0.9×	$75k
Minnesota	2,201	0.7	1.0×	$79k~
Tennessee	2,150	0.7	0.9×	$70k
Colorado	1,980	0.7	0.9×	$93k
Wisconsin	1,840	0.6	0.9×	$72k
Indiana	1,820	0.6	0.8×	$68k
Missouri	1,670	0.6	0.8×	$74k
Maryland	1,650	0.6	0.8×	$80k
Utah	1,348	0.8	1.1×	$52k~
Oregon	1,330	0.7	0.9×	$83k
Oklahoma	1,200	0.7	1.0×	$64k
South Carolina	1,160	0.5	0.7×	$63k
Connecticut	1,140	0.7	0.9×	$83k
Iowa	1,070	0.7	0.9×	$67k
Louisiana	1,050	0.5	0.8×	$63k
Alabama	1,000	0.5	0.7×	$58k
Nevada	788	0.5	0.7×	$73k~
Kentucky	670	0.3	0.5×	$65k
Washington DC	650	0.9	1.3×	$87k
Kansas	640	0.4	0.6×	$68k
South Dakota	630	1.4	1.9×	$65k
West Virginia	580	0.8	1.1×	$48k
Idaho	500	0.6	0.8×	$64k
Arkansas	490	0.4	0.5×	$61k
Nebraska	460	0.4	0.6×	$67k
New Hampshire	380	0.6	0.8×	$81k
Mississippi	370	0.3	0.4×	$52k
New Mexico	340	0.4	0.5×	$84k
Rhode Island	300	0.6	0.8×	$80k
Delaware	290	0.6	0.8×	$100k
Hawaii	260	0.4	0.6×	$64k
Montana	190	0.4	0.5×	$75k
Alaska	180	0.6	0.8×	$79k
Maine	180	0.3	0.4×	$77k
Vermont	170	0.6	0.8×	$76k
Wyoming	138	0.5	0.7×	$69k~
North Dakota	100	0.2	0.3×	$70k

Top metro areas

New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ9,900 jobs · $89k median
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA4,070 jobs · $97k median
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN3,500 jobs · $80k median
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX3,070 jobs · $75k median
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH2,630 jobs · $99k median
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV2,620 jobs · $92k median
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD2,480 jobs · $76k median
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA2,440 jobs · $103k median

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Pay and outlook from BLS (OEWS 2025, Employment Projections 2025-2035). Skills and work activities from O*NET 30.3. AI exposure and future-proof scores are modeled estimates. How these numbers are made.