Compensation & Benefits Managers

Also called: Benefits Manager, Compensation and Benefits Manager, Compensation Director

Career Cluster: Business Management & Administration
What they do:
Plan, direct, or coordinate compensation and benefits activities of an organization.
On the job, you would:
  • Direct preparation and distribution of written and verbal information to inform employees of benefits, compensation, and personnel policies.
  • Design, evaluate, and modify benefits policies to ensure that programs are current, competitive, and in compliance with legal requirements.
  • Fulfill all reporting requirements of all relevant government rules and regulations, including the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA).
Knowledge icon KNOWLEDGE

Safety and Government
  • law and government
Math and Science
  • arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, or statistics
Arts and Humanities
  • English language
Business
  • human resources (HR)
  • management
Skills Image SKILLS

Basic Skills
  • listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
  • reading work related information
People and Technology Systems
  • thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one
  • figuring out how a system should work and how changes in the future will affect it
Problem Solving
  • noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
Abilities Image ABILITIES

Math
  • choose the right type of math to solve a problem
  • add, subtract, multiply, or divide
Ideas and Logic
  • notice when problems happen
  • use rules to solve problems
Verbal
  • communicate by speaking
  • communicate by writing
Personality Image PERSONALITY

People interested in this work like activities that include leading, making decisions, and business.

They do well at jobs that need:
  • Leadership Orientation
  • Cautiousness
  • Integrity
  • Attention to Detail
  • Dependability
  • Cooperation
Technology Image TECHNOLOGY

You might use software like this on the job:

Presentation software
  • Microsoft PowerPoint
Human resources software
  • Human resource management software HRMS
  • Vantage Point Software HRA
Enterprise resource planning ERP software
  • Oracle PeopleSoft
  • Workday software
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Bachelor's degree or Master's degree
usually needed
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Job Outlook Image JOB OUTLOOK

New job opportunities are less likely in the future.

Salary:
High: $239,200.00
Median: $140,360.00
Low: $81,660.00
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