Management
Compensation & Benefits Managers
SOC 11-3111
Design what an entire company gets paid, and defend it.
The job
Median pay
$149k
$113k to $201k typical range
Outlook, 2025 to 2035
Growing
+1.1% projected
Openings a year
2k
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
3/100
AI alongside the person rather than instead of them
AI exposure
85th pct
More exposed than 85% of occupations · modeled estimate · 49th pct in Microsoft's data
Future-proof
51/100
Key skills
- Reading Comprehension
- Active Listening
- Writing
- Speaking
- Critical Thinking
- 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 | 2,970 | 0.2 | 1.1× | $167k |
| New York | 2,260 | 0.2 | 1.6× | $176k |
| Texas | 2,230 | 0.2 | 1.1× | $137k |
| Florida | 1,670 | 0.2 | 1.1× | $128k |
| Georgia | 1,010 | 0.2 | 1.4× | $163k |
| New Jersey | 950 | 0.2 | 1.5× | $168k |
| North Carolina | 880 | 0.2 | 1.2× | $135k |
| Illinois | 780 | 0.1 | 0.9× | $152k |
| Pennsylvania | 770 | 0.1 | 0.9× | $139k |
| Massachusetts | 670 | 0.2 | 1.3× | $184k |
All 51 states
| State | Jobs | Per 1,000 | vs national | Median pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tennessee | 670 | 0.2 | 1.4× | $133k |
| Michigan | 580 | 0.1 | 0.9× | $152k |
| Virginia | 549 | 0.1 | 0.9× | $154k~ |
| Arizona | 510 | 0.2 | 1.1× | $130k |
| Connecticut | 480 | 0.3 | 1.9× | $198k |
| Ohio | 460 | 0.1 | 0.6× | $142k |
| Washington | 460 | 0.1 | 0.9× | $199k |
| Maryland | 430 | 0.2 | 1.1× | $140k |
| Minnesota | 360 | 0.1 | 0.8× | $163k |
| Wisconsin | 351 | 0.1 | 0.8× | $128k~ |
| South Carolina | 330 | 0.1 | 1.0× | $100k |
| Colorado | 280 | 0.1 | 0.7× | $166k |
| Missouri | 250 | 0.1 | 0.6× | $106k |
| Oregon | 240 | 0.1 | 0.8× | $161k |
| Louisiana | 220 | 0.1 | 0.8× | $100k |
| Utah | 200 | 0.1 | 0.8× | $133k |
| Nevada | 180 | 0.1 | 0.8× | $115k |
| Oklahoma | 180 | 0.1 | 0.7× | $108k |
| Indiana | 170 | 0.1 | 0.4× | $118k |
| Arkansas | 140 | 0.1 | 0.7× | $101k |
| Nebraska | 140 | 0.1 | 0.9× | $122k |
| Washington DC | 130 | 0.2 | 1.3× | $161k |
| Iowa | 120 | 0.1 | 0.5× | $118k |
| Kentucky | 110 | 0.1 | 0.4× | $114k |
| Idaho | 100 | 0.1 | 0.8× | $90k |
| New Hampshire | 100 | 0.1 | 1.0× | $137k |
| Alabama | 90 | 0.0 | 0.3× | $118k |
| West Virginia | 87 | 0.1 | 0.8× | $110k~ |
| Kansas | 70 | 0.0 | 0.3× | $114k |
| Mississippi | 70 | 0.1 | 0.4× | $89k |
| Montana | 66 | 0.1 | 0.9× | $120k~ |
| Hawaii | 60 | 0.1 | 0.7× | $110k |
| North Dakota | 55 | 0.1 | 0.9× | $122k~ |
| Vermont | 51 | 0.2 | 1.1× | $127k~ |
| Delaware | 50 | 0.1 | 0.7× | $166k |
| Maine | 50 | 0.1 | 0.5× | $130k |
| Rhode Island | 50 | 0.1 | 0.7× | $149k |
| New Mexico | 40 | 0.0 | 0.3× | $124k |
| South Dakota | 36 | 0.1 | 0.5× | $130k~ |
| Wyoming | 35 | 0.1 | 0.8× | $119k~ |
| Alaska | 30 | 0.1 | 0.6× | $122k |
Top metro areas
- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ2,420 jobs · $180k median
- Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA1,030 jobs · $155k median
- Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX790 jobs · $146k median
- Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA760 jobs · $166k median
- Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN610 jobs · $155k median
- Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH590 jobs · $186k median
- San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA590 jobs · $189k median
- Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV590 jobs · $172k median
Explore the rankings
Explore Compensation & Benefits Managers interactively →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.