Compensation and Benefits Managers
Plan, direct, or coordinate compensation and benefits activities of an organization.
22,940 people do this job in the US. $149,230 a year.
of the working time. Estimate.
- 75%
- 25%
- 0%
Measured, from Anthropic's usage data (2025). Counts help on part of a task.
On the chosen pace and reliability. Estimate.
Share of the working time within reach, now to 2030
What each choice means: , , , , . Every pace starts from .
At this date and pace, models finish tasks up to 4.4 h long four times in five.
How far this has come
With GPT-4, measured in March 2023, 0% of this job's working time was within reach at . With Claude 3.7 Sonnet, measured in February 2025, 0%. With Claude Mythos Preview (early), measured in April 2026, 1%. Today's estimate: 2%.
A backcast: today's task data with the best model METR had measured by each date. It shows how fast the models have moved, not what anyone forecast at the time.
The tasks
Sorted by . 22 tasks from .
| Task | Kind | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Develop methods to improve employment policies, processes, and practices, and recommend changes to management.Done more than yearly by most who do it. | 16% | 1.7 work days3.3 h to 1 work week | 2%Half by Apr 2028 | |
| Identify and implement benefits to increase the quality of life for employees by working with brokers and researching benefits issues.Done more than yearly by most who do it. | 13% | 1.3 work days2.5 h to 4.2 work days | 3%Half by Feb 2028 | |
| Plan, direct, supervise, and coordinate work activities of subordinates and staff relating to employment, compensation, labor relations, and employee relations.Done daily by most who do it. | 12% | 3.3 h50 min to 1.3 work days | Stays with people | |
| Manage the design and development of tools to assist employees in benefits selection, and to guide managers through compensation decisions.Done more than yearly by most who do it. | 9% | 2.1 work days3.3 h to 1.3 work weeks | 1%Half by Jul 2028 | |
| Formulate policies, procedures and programs for recruitment, testing, placement, classification, orientation, benefits and compensation, and labor and industrial relations.Done more than yearly by most who do it. | 9% | 3.3 work days6.7 h to 1.7 work weeks | 0%Half by Sep 2028 | |
| Design, evaluate, and modify benefits policies to ensure that programs are current, competitive, and in compliance with legal requirements.Done more than yearly by most who do it. | 7% | 2.1 work days3.3 h to 1.4 work weeks | 1%Half by Aug 2028 | |
| Administer, direct, and review employee benefit programs, including the integration of benefit programs following mergers and acquisitions.Done more than yearly by most who do it. | 6% | 2.1 work days3.3 h to 2.1 work weeks | Stays with people | |
| Analyze compensation policies, government regulations, and prevailing wage rates to develop competitive compensation plan.Done more than yearly by most who do it. | 5% | 2.1 work days3.3 h to 1.4 work weeks | 1%Half by Aug 2028 | |
| Study legislation, arbitration decisions, and collective bargaining contracts to assess industry trends.Done more than yearly by most who do it. | 4% | 6.7 h1.7 h to 3.1 work days | 7%Half by Nov 2027 | |
| Direct preparation and distribution of written and verbal information to inform employees of benefits, compensation, and personnel policies.Done more than monthly by most who do it. | 3% | 1.7 h25 min to 5 h | Stays with people | |
| Prepare detailed job descriptions and classification systems and define job levels and families, in partnership with other managers.Done more than yearly by most who do it. | 3% | 6.7 h2.5 h to 3.1 work days | 9%Half by Aug 2027 | |
| Analyze statistical data and reports to identify and determine causes of personnel problems, and develop recommendations for improvement of organization's personnel policies and practices.Done more than yearly by most who do it. | 3% | 1.7 work days3.3 h to 1.3 work weeks | 2%Half by May 2028 |
Within reach, per task: the share of the task's time whose instances are short enough for a model to finish at the chosen date, pace and reliability. Half by: the date half of that time comes within reach.
Jobs that share skills with this one
From O*NET's related occupations. Within reach now and by the end of 2028, long-run pace, four in five.
- Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists15% now, 82% by 2028
- Human Resources Specialists44% now, 77% by 2028
- Human Resources Managers16% now, 67% by 2028
- Labor Relations Specialists8% now, 60% by 2028
- Financial Managers19% now, 83% by 2028
- Equal Opportunity Representatives and Officers15% now, 83% by 2028
Where this job works
The industry groups that employ the most of it (BLS, May 2025).
- Management of Companies and Enterprises5,500 people
- Agencies, Brokerages, and Other Insurance Related Activities2,130 people
- Local Government, excluding Schools and Hospitals910 people
- Computer Systems Design and Related Services890 people
- Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services770 people
Where the most of these jobs are
The metro areas with the most people in it (BLS, May 2025).