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Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists

Business and Financial Operations · SOC 13-1141

6.5% AI Exposure — Medium
$78,210
Median Annual Salary
Average
O*NET Outlook
9,200
Proj. Annual Openings
112,380
Employment (OEWS 2025)
+3.9%/yr
Empl. growth (2019–2025)
94/100
AI Resiliency Score

AI exposure from the Anthropic Economic Index (2025); salary from BLS; skills from O*NET. See /sources.

Decision card

Career Evidence Passport

SOC 13-1141 evidence across exposure, wages, projections, postings, certified LCAs, skills, and transitions.

Proxy / seed data labeledDescriptive-only
SOC exposure
6.5%
Medium · Anthropic AEI
Automation friction
44/100
Moderate friction; broad SOC seed ORS job-requirements coverage.
Wages
$78,210
H-1B offered wage $85,827; LCAs are filings.
Projected openings
9,200
BLS EP 2024–2034; employment change +5.3%.
Observed/proxy demand
126
FY2025 certified LCAs; 14,899 postings in 2025.

Skill evidence

Reading ComprehensionCritical ThinkingActive ListeningSpeakingWriting
  • H-1B values are certified Labor Condition Applications, not visa approvals.
  • Job postings are seed-static / seed-derived; treat as provider-ready proxy coverage until observed provider data is wired in.
  • Transition matches are directional skill-overlap context, not placement guarantees.
  • This release is a FutureGrid broad-SOC seed derived from public BLS ORS requirement concepts and categories, not direct occupation-level ORS survey estimates. It describes job requirements, not worker ability, AI capability, or displacement probability. Automation friction is a FutureGrid derived score and should be read alongside exposure, demand, wage, and projection signals.

Best transitions from here

Explore all pathways

Lower AI-exposure roles that reuse your skills, ranked by a transition score (skills that transfer, safety gain, pay and retraining effort).

AI Exposure Analysis

AI Exposure6.5%
AI Resiliency94/100
Exposure BandMedium
Sector Avg. Exposure29.0%

Across AI measures

Multiple exposure lenses for this occupation.

50.6%
Consensus
Actual adoption · Anthropic6.5%
AI capability · OpenAI47.4%
AI ability · AIOE97.9%
Automation baseline (2013) · Frey & Osborne47%

AI could do ~47.4% of this role but only ~6.5% is currently done with AI — a large capability-vs-adoption gap.

Top Skills

1.Reading Comprehension
2.Critical Thinking
3.Active Listening
4.Speaking
5.Writing

H-1B Visa Sponsorship Demand

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Certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications naming this occupation, FY2016–FY2025. A descriptive high-skill labor-demand signal — employer filings, not visa approvals or individual outcomes. Note: one LCA can cover multiple worker positions.

922
Decade Total (Certified LCAs)
126
FY2025 Volume
0% of all H-1B filings in FY2025
$85,827
Median Offered Wage (Latest Year)
#180 of 776
Rank by Total Volume
H-1B filing volume, FY2016–FY2025

O*NET occupation profile

What this work involves

Conduct programs of compensation and benefits and job analysis for employer. May specialize in specific areas, such as position classification and pension programs.

Common titles: Benefits Analyst, Benefits Consultant, Benefits Specialist, Compensation Analyst, Compensation and Benefits Analyst, Compensation and Benefits Specialist

Representative Tasks

  • Administer employee insurance, pension, and savings plans, working with insurance brokers and plan carriers.
  • Ensure company compliance with federal and state laws, including reporting requirements.
  • Research employee benefit and health and safety practices, and recommend changes or modifications to existing policies.
  • Advise managers and employees on state and federal employment regulations, collective agreements, benefit and compensation policies, personnel procedures, and classification programs.
  • Plan and develop curricula and materials for training programs and conduct training.

Detailed Work Activities

  • Oversee business processes.
  • Monitor organizational compliance with regulations.
  • Administer compensation or benefits programs.
  • Develop organizational policies or programs.
  • Advise others on human resources topics.

Tools & Technologies

Microsoft PowerPoint · hotWorkday software · hotMicrosoft Access · hotMicrosoft SQL Server · hotOracle PeopleSoft · hotSAP software · hotStructured query language SQL · hotActuarial Systems Corporation Defined Benefit SystemHealthcare common procedure coding system HCPCSHuman resource management software HRMS

Employment Projections & AI Exposure

15
Occupations Shown
26.0%
Avg AI Exposure
9
Bright Outlook
Horizontal bar chart showing occupations with the highest projected annual openings. Each bar length represents annual projected openings. Color uses a gradient from violet (lower) to cyan (higher). Summary statistics are shown above the chart.

Employment & Wage Trend

BLS OEWS, 2019–2025


Occupation Employment & Wage TrendMulti-year BLS OEWS history for SOC 13-1141: 2019 — employment: 89,300, median wage: $64,560; 2020 — employment: 87,870, median wage: $67,190; 2021 — employment: 87,750, median wage: $64,120; 2022 — employment: 93,550, median wage: $67,780; 2023 — employment: 99,850, median wage: $74,530; 2025 — employment: 112,380, median wage: $78,210.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS). See /sources.

Sector Comparison

MetricThis CareerSector Average
AI Exposure6.5%29.0%
OutlookAverage48% Bright
Median Salary$78,210N/A
AI Resiliency94/100N/A