Occupation AtlasCompensation and Benefits Managers
O*NET · 11-3111.00
Compensation and Benefits Managers
Plan, direct, or coordinate compensation and benefits activities of an organization.
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Compensation Director · Compensation Manager · Compensation Program Manager · Employee Benefits Account Manager · Employee Benefits Coordinator · Employee Benefits Director · Employee Benefits Manager · Global Benefits Manager · Global Compensation Director · Global Compensation Manager · Payroll and Benefits Manager · Payroll Manager · Personnel Manager · Position Classification Manager · Reimbursement Manager · Reimbursements Manager · Total Rewards Director · Total Rewards Manager · Wage and Salary Admin · Wage and Salary Administrator (Wage and Salary Admin) · Workers' Compensation Manager
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Job Zone
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Zone 4: Considerable Preparation Needed
Considerable preparation. Usually a bachelor's degree plus several years of work-related experience, knowledge, or training.
Job Zone is O*NET's rating of how much education, experience and training an occupation typically needs — a property of the work, not of anyone doing it.
Occupational interest profile
ECSEnterprising · Conventional · Social — the three strongest interests, in order
- E Enterprising7.00
- C Conventional5.66
- S Social3.81
- I Investigative2.18
- A Artistic1.41
- R Realistic1.00
RIASEC (Holland) interests on O*NET's 0–7 scale: what the work draws on, not what any individual prefers. Hover a row for what each dimension means.
Education and experience
The education level respondents say the job requires, and the most common answer for experience and training.
- Related work experience
- Over 4 years, up to and including 6 years (52%)
- On-site or in-plant training
- None (24%)
- On-the-job training
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months (29%)
Typically associated skills
All 35 O*NET skills, most important first. Importance (1–5) says how much a skill matters here; level (0–7) says how much of it the work calls for, with O*NET's example of a nearby level. Neither is a proficiency rating of a person.
- Active ListeningbasicImportance 4.0Level 4.1Level 4 looks like: Answer inquiries regarding credit references
- Reading ComprehensionbasicImportance 4.0Level 4.1Level 4 looks like: Understand an email from management describing new personnel policies
- SpeakingbasicImportance 4.0Level 4.1Level 4 looks like: Interview applicants to obtain personal and work history
- WritingbasicImportance 4.0Level 4.1Level 4 looks like: Write an email to staff outlining new directives
- Critical ThinkingbasicImportance 3.9Level 4.0Level 4 looks like: Evaluate customer complaints and determine appropriate responses
- Judgment and Decision MakingImportance 3.9Level 4.0Level 4 looks like: Evaluate a loan application for degree of risk
- Active LearningbasicImportance 3.8Level 4.0Level 4 looks like: Determine the impact of new menu changes on a restaurant's purchasing requirements
- Management of Personnel ResourcesImportance 3.6Level 3.8Level 4 looks like: Direct the activities of a road repair crew with minimal disruption of traffic flow
- Time ManagementImportance 3.6Level 3.8Level 4 looks like: Allocate the time of subordinates to projects for the coming week
- Social PerceptivenessImportance 3.5Level 3.9Level 4 looks like: Be aware of how a coworker's promotion will affect a work group
- MonitoringbasicImportance 3.4Level 3.6Level 4 looks like: Monitor a meeting and revise the agenda to ensure important topics are discussed
- Complex Problem SolvingImportance 3.4Level 3.3Level 4 looks like: Redesign a floor layout to take advantage of new manufacturing techniques
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- Systems EvaluationImportance 3.3Level 3.9Level 4 looks like: Identify the reasons why a client might be unhappy with a product
- Management of Financial ResourcesImportance 3.3Level 3.8Level 4 looks like: Prepare and manage a budget for a short-term project
- Systems AnalysisImportance 3.3Level 3.8Level 4 looks like: Determine how a new piece of equipment will affect production rates
- CoordinationImportance 3.1Level 3.5Level 4 looks like: Work with others to put a new roof on a house
- NegotiationImportance 3.1Level 3.3Level 4 looks like: Contract with a wholesaler to sell items at a given cost
- Service OrientationImportance 3.1Level 3.1Level 4 looks like: Make flight reservations for customers using an online booking site
- PersuasionImportance 3.0Level 3.4Level 4 looks like: Convince a supervisor to purchase new office equipment
- InstructingImportance 3.0Level 3.1Level 4 looks like: Instruct a coworker in how to operate a software program
- Learning StrategiesbasicImportance 3.0Level 3.1Level 4 looks like: Identify an alternative approach to help trainees who are having difficulties
- MathematicsbasicImportance 3.0Level 3.1Level 4 looks like: Calculate the square footage of a new home under construction
- Operations AnalysisImportance 2.8Level 2.9Level 2 looks like: Select a printer for an office
- Management of Material ResourcesImportance 1.9Level 1.8Level 2 looks like: Reserve a room for a management meeting
- ProgrammingImportance 1.8Level 0.9
- Quality Control AnalysisImportance 1.5Level 0.9
- Technology DesignImportance 1.5Level 0.6
- Operations MonitoringImportance 1.5Level 0.5
- Equipment MaintenanceImportance 1.0Level —
- Equipment SelectionImportance 1.0Level —
- InstallationImportance 1.0Level —
- Operation and ControlImportance 1.0Level —
- RepairingImportance 1.0Level —
- SciencebasicImportance 1.0Level —
- TroubleshootingImportance 1.0Level —
Tasks
13 core · 9 supplementalWhat people in this occupation do, as O*NET records it, core tasks first by importance (1–5).
- Direct preparation and distribution of written and verbal information to inform employees of benefits, compensation, and personnel policies.Importance 4.7
- Design, evaluate, and modify benefits policies to ensure that programs are current, competitive, and in compliance with legal requirements.Importance 4.7
- Fulfill all reporting requirements of all relevant government rules and regulations, including the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA).Importance 4.6
- Analyze compensation policies, government regulations, and prevailing wage rates to develop competitive compensation plan.Importance 4.5
- Identify and implement benefits to increase the quality of life for employees by working with brokers and researching benefits issues.Importance 4.4
- Administer, direct, and review employee benefit programs, including the integration of benefit programs following mergers and acquisitions.Importance 4.2
- Mediate between benefits providers and employees, such as by assisting in handling employees' benefits-related questions or taking suggestions.Importance 4.2
- Manage the design and development of tools to assist employees in benefits selection, and to guide managers through compensation decisions.Importance 4.2
- Plan, direct, supervise, and coordinate work activities of subordinates and staff relating to employment, compensation, labor relations, and employee relations.Importance 4.1
- Formulate policies, procedures and programs for recruitment, testing, placement, classification, orientation, benefits and compensation, and labor and industrial relations.Importance 3.9
- Develop methods to improve employment policies, processes, and practices, and recommend changes to management.Importance 3.9
- Prepare detailed job descriptions and classification systems and define job levels and families, in partnership with other managers.Importance 3.9
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- Study legislation, arbitration decisions, and collective bargaining contracts to assess industry trends.Importance 3.5
- Plan and conduct new-employee orientations to foster positive attitude toward organizational objectives.Importance 3.9
- Prepare budgets for personnel operations.Importance 3.8
- Negotiate bargaining agreements.Importance 3.7
- Maintain records and compile statistical reports concerning personnel-related data, such as hires, transfers, performance appraisals, and absenteeism rates.Importance 3.5
- Prepare personnel forecasts to project employment needs.Importance 3.5
- 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.Importance 3.3
- Contract with vendors to provide employee services, such as food services, transportation, or relocation service.Importance 3.1
- Advise management on such matters as equal employment opportunity, sexual harassment, and discrimination.Importance 3.0
- Represent organization at personnel-related hearings and investigations.Importance 2.8
Knowledge
Bodies of knowledge the work draws on.
- Personnel and Human ResourcesImportance 4.4Level 5.3Level 4 looks like: Interview applicants for an administrative position
- English LanguageImportance 4.1Level 4.5Level 4 looks like: Edit an article for a news website
- Administration and ManagementImportance 4.0Level 4.9Level 4 looks like: Monitor progress of a project to ensure timely completion
- Customer and Personal ServiceImportance 3.8Level 5.1Level 4 looks like: Be responsible for 10 children at daycare
- Economics and AccountingImportance 3.4Level 3.8Level 4 looks like: Develop financial investment programs for individual clients
- MathematicsImportance 3.3Level 4.3Level 4 looks like: Analyze data to determine areas with the highest sales
- AdministrativeImportance 3.1Level 4.7Level 4 looks like: Type 30 words per minute
- Law and GovernmentImportance 3.1Level 3.3Level 4 looks like: Prepare documents and title papers for the purchase of a new house
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- Communications and MediaImportance 2.9Level 3.2Level 4 looks like: Host a music radio show
- Computers and ElectronicsImportance 2.8Level 3.6Level 4 looks like: Use a computer to format a document
- Education and TrainingImportance 2.8Level 4.2Level 4 looks like: Lead a quality improvement seminar
- PsychologyImportance 2.0Level 2.3Level 1 looks like: Monitor several children on a playground
- Sales and MarketingImportance 2.0Level 2.8
- Sociology and AnthropologyImportance 2.0Level 2.2Level 1 looks like: Identify two cultures in a story as being different
- TelecommunicationsImportance 1.9Level 1.0Level 1 looks like: Send an email
- Public Safety and SecurityImportance 1.8Level 1.7Level 1 looks like: Use a seatbelt
- Therapy and CounselingImportance 1.8Level 1.9Level 1 looks like: Put ice on a sprained ankle
- Philosophy and TheologyImportance 1.6Level 1.5Level 1 looks like: Watch a TV show on family values
- DesignImportance 1.4Level —
- Foreign LanguageImportance 1.4Level 0.7Level 1 looks like: Say "please" and "thank you" in a foreign language
- Medicine and DentistryImportance 1.4Level 0.9Level 1 looks like: Use a band-aid
- Production and ProcessingImportance 1.4Level —
- Engineering and TechnologyImportance 1.2Level —
- History and ArcheologyImportance 1.2Level —
- BiologyImportance 1.1Level —
- Building and ConstructionImportance 1.1Level —
- GeographyImportance 1.1Level —
- TransportationImportance 1.1Level —
- ChemistryImportance 1.0Level —
- Fine ArtsImportance 1.0Level —
- Food ProductionImportance 1.0Level —
- MechanicalImportance 1.0Level —
- PhysicsImportance 1.0Level —
Abilities
Enduring capacities the work calls for.
- Oral ComprehensionImportance 4.0Level 4.1Level 4 looks like: Understand a coach's oral instructions for a sport
- Oral ExpressionImportance 4.0Level 4.1Level 4 looks like: Give instructions to a lost motorist
- Written ComprehensionImportance 4.0Level 4.3Level 4 looks like: Understand an apartment lease
- Written ExpressionImportance 4.0Level 4.1Level 4 looks like: Write a job recommendation for a subordinate
- Problem SensitivityImportance 3.8Level 3.5Level 4 looks like: Notice from a subtle difference in a client's mood that something is bothering them
- Speech ClarityImportance 3.8Level 3.9Level 4 looks like: Make stadium-wide announcements during a sporting event
- Speech RecognitionImportance 3.6Level 3.6Level 4 looks like: Identify a former customer's voice over the phone
- Deductive ReasoningImportance 3.5Level 3.5Level 2 looks like: Know that a stalled car can coast downhill
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- Near VisionImportance 3.5Level 3.4Level 2 looks like: Read indicators on the dashboard of a car
- Inductive ReasoningImportance 3.4Level 3.5Level 4 looks like: Determine the prime suspect based on crime scene evidence
- Fluency of IdeasImportance 3.3Level 3.4Level 4 looks like: Think of as many ideas as possible for the name of a new company
- Mathematical ReasoningImportance 3.3Level 3.4Level 4 looks like: Decide how to calculate profits to determine the amounts of yearly bonuses
- Category FlexibilityImportance 3.1Level 3.1Level 3 looks like: Classify flowers according to size, color, and smell
- Information OrderingImportance 3.1Level 3.1Level 2 looks like: Follow the correct steps to make change
- Number FacilityImportance 3.1Level 3.4Level 3 looks like: Calculate a discounted price
- OriginalityImportance 3.1Level 3.1Level 4 looks like: Redesign job tasks to be interesting for employees
- Selective AttentionImportance 2.8Level 2.0Level 2 looks like: Answer a business call with coworkers talking nearby
- Flexibility of ClosureImportance 2.5Level 2.4Level 2 looks like: Detect that your phone is ringing while at a concert
- Perceptual SpeedImportance 2.3Level 2.1Level 2 looks like: Sort mail according to ZIP codes with no time pressure
- Speed of ClosureImportance 2.3Level 2.3Level 3 looks like: Recognize a song after hearing only the first few notes
- Far VisionImportance 2.1Level 2.1Level 2 looks like: Read a roadside billboard
- MemorizationImportance 2.1Level 2.0Level 1 looks like: Remember the number on your bus to be sure you get back on the right one
- Time SharingImportance 2.1Level 2.0Level 2 looks like: Listen to music while entering numbers into a spreadsheet
- VisualizationImportance 2.0Level 1.6Level 2 looks like: Imagine how to place paper in a printer so that the letterhead comes out on top
- Auditory AttentionImportance 1.9Level 1.0Level 2 looks like: Listen to a lecture while people nearby are talking
- Trunk StrengthImportance 1.8Level 1.3Level 2 looks like: Sit up in an office chair
- Visual Color DiscriminationImportance 1.8Level 0.9Level 1 looks like: Separate laundry into colors and whites
- Hearing SensitivityImportance 1.6Level 0.6
- Wrist-Finger SpeedImportance 1.5Level 0.6
- Arm-Hand SteadinessImportance 1.3Level —
- Dynamic StrengthImportance 1.3Level —
- Finger DexterityImportance 1.1Level —
- Control PrecisionImportance 1.0Level —
- Depth PerceptionImportance 1.0Level —
- Dynamic FlexibilityImportance 1.0Level —
- Explosive StrengthImportance 1.0Level —
- Extent FlexibilityImportance 1.0Level —
- Glare SensitivityImportance 1.0Level —
- Gross Body CoordinationImportance 1.0Level —
- Gross Body EquilibriumImportance 1.0Level —
- Manual DexterityImportance 1.0Level —
- Multilimb CoordinationImportance 1.0Level —
- Night VisionImportance 1.0Level —
- Peripheral VisionImportance 1.0Level —
- Rate ControlImportance 1.0Level —
- Reaction TimeImportance 1.0Level —
- Response OrientationImportance 1.0Level —
- Sound LocalizationImportance 1.0Level —
- Spatial OrientationImportance 1.0Level —
- Speed of Limb MovementImportance 1.0Level —
- StaminaImportance 1.0Level —
- Static StrengthImportance 1.0Level —
Work activities
Kinds of activity the work is made of.
- Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or SubordinatesImportance 4.5Level 5.7
- Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal RelationshipsImportance 4.4Level 5.4Level 4 looks like: Maintain good working relationships with almost all coworkers and clients
- Getting InformationImportance 4.3Level 5.3Level 4 looks like: Review a budget
- Working with ComputersImportance 4.3Level 3.8Level 4 looks like: Write software for keeping track of parts in inventory
- Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with StandardsImportance 4.2Level 4.7Level 4 looks like: Evaluate a complicated insurance claim for compliance with policy terms
- Making Decisions and Solving ProblemsImportance 4.2Level 5.0Level 4 looks like: Select the location for a major retail store
- Communicating with People Outside the OrganizationImportance 4.1Level 4.9Level 4 looks like: Present information to potential clients about available services
- Updating and Using Relevant KnowledgeImportance 4.1Level 5.4Level 4 looks like: Keep current on changes in maintenance procedures for repairing sports cars
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- Analyzing Data or InformationImportance 4.0Level 4.7Level 4 looks like: Determine the interest cost to finance a new building
- Developing Objectives and StrategiesImportance 4.0Level 4.5Level 4 looks like: Develop the plan to complete the merger of two organizations over a 3-year period
- Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing WorkImportance 3.9Level 5.7
- Processing InformationImportance 3.9Level 4.7Level 4 looks like: Calculate the adjustments for insurance claims
- Resolving Conflicts and Negotiating with OthersImportance 3.9Level 5.1Level 4 looks like: Get two subordinates to agree about vacation schedules
- Documenting/Recording InformationImportance 3.8Level 4.0Level 4 looks like: Document the results of a crime scene investigation
- Guiding, Directing, and Motivating SubordinatesImportance 3.7Level 4.7Level 4 looks like: Manage a small team of employees in a dynamic workplace
- Interpreting the Meaning of Information for OthersImportance 3.7Level 3.9Level 4 looks like: Interpret how foreign tax laws apply to U.S. exports
- Monitoring and Controlling ResourcesImportance 3.6Level 4.3Level 4 looks like: Work as a chef responsible for ordering food for the menu
- Performing Administrative ActivitiesImportance 3.6Level 4.8Level 4 looks like: Complete tax forms for a small business
- Providing Consultation and Advice to OthersImportance 3.6Level 5.1Level 4 looks like: Recommend a new software package to increase operational efficiency
- Thinking CreativelyImportance 3.6Level 4.3Level 4 looks like: Adapt popular music for a high school marching band
- Coaching and Developing OthersImportance 3.5Level 4.7Level 4 looks like: Provide on-the-job training for administrative workers
- Scheduling Work and ActivitiesImportance 3.5Level 4.4Level 4 looks like: Prepare the work schedule for salesclerks in a large retail store
- Coordinating the Work and Activities of OthersImportance 3.4Level 4.3Level 4 looks like: Organize the cleanup crew after a major sporting event
- Developing and Building TeamsImportance 3.4Level 4.1Level 4 looks like: Lead an assembly team in an automobile plant
- Training and Teaching OthersImportance 3.4Level 3.8Level 4 looks like: Teach a social sciences course to high school students
- Identifying Objects, Actions, and EventsImportance 3.3Level 3.6Level 4 looks like: Judge the suitability of food products for an event
- Judging the Qualities of Objects, Services, or PeopleImportance 3.0Level 3.5Level 4 looks like: Determine the value of property lost in a fire
- Monitoring Processes, Materials, or SurroundingsImportance 2.8Level 3.4Level 4 looks like: Test electrical circuits
- Selling or Influencing OthersImportance 2.8Level 3.4Level 4 looks like: Make a sales pitch to convince others to buy a product
- Assisting and Caring for OthersImportance 2.7Level 3.0Level 4 looks like: Help a medical patient find in-home assistance or healthcare
- Staffing Organizational UnitsImportance 2.5Level 3.3Level 4 looks like: Interview candidates for a sales position and make hiring recommendations
- Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or InformationImportance 2.2Level 1.9Level 1 looks like: Estimate the size of household furniture to be shipped
- Controlling Machines and ProcessesImportance 1.5Level —
- Handling and Moving ObjectsImportance 1.5Level 1.0Level 1 looks like: Change settings on copy machines
- Performing General Physical ActivitiesImportance 1.5Level 0.7Level 1 looks like: Walk between workstations in a small office
- Performing for or Working Directly with the PublicImportance 1.5Level 1.1Level 1 looks like: Check tickets at a concert
- Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or MaterialsImportance 1.4Level —
- Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or EquipmentImportance 1.1Level —
- Repairing and Maintaining Electronic EquipmentImportance 1.1Level —
- Drafting, Laying Out, and Specifying Technical Devices, Parts, and EquipmentImportance 1.0Level —
- Repairing and Maintaining Mechanical EquipmentImportance 1.0Level —
Work context
The conditions most characteristic of the work, on O*NET's 1–5 context scale.
Technology
85 toolsSoftware used in this work. In demand: among the tools job postings for this occupation name most. Hot: often named in job postings across the economy.
In demand (5)
- Microsoft Excelhot
- Microsoft Office softwarehot
- Microsoft PowerPointhot
- Workday softwarehot
- Oracle HRIS
Hot (13; 4 more marked hot above)
- Adobe Illustrator
- Adobe Photoshop
- Intuit QuickBooks
- Microsoft Access
- Microsoft Outlook
- Microsoft Project
- Microsoft SharePoint
- Microsoft SQL Server
- Microsoft Visio
- Microsoft Word
- Oracle PeopleSoft
- SAP software
- Structured query language SQL
Other tools (67)
- !Trak-it Solutions !Trak-it HR
- Adobe Dreamweaver
- Adobe PageMaker
- ADP Employease
- ADP HR/Benefits Solution
- ADP Workforce Now
- AdRelevance
- Apex Business Software iHR
- Apple iMovie
- Ascentis HR
- ASL HR Director
- Asure Software HCM
- Atlas Business Solutions Staff Files
- Auxillium West HRnetSource
- Blue Chip Computer Consultants HumaNET
- Brainworks
- Business analysis software
- Ceridian Dayforce enterprise HCM
- Consultants in Data Processing HRnet
- Datamatics V-Core HR
- Deltek Costpoint
- DenoSys HRiStragegy
- Document management system software
- e-MDs Bill
- Experience in Software Webplanner
- FSC Business Solutions Department Managers' Toolkit
- Genesys PeopleComeFirst
- Global Groupware Solutions Limited Smiles ERM On-Demand
- HarrisData Human Resources Information System HRIS
- Healthcare common procedure coding system HCPCS
- HR-ease
- HRMS Solutions iVantage
- hSenid Business Solutions HRM Enterprise
- Human resource information system (HRIS)
- Human resource management software HRMS
- Humanic Design Human Resources Management System
- IBM Notes
- iEmployee
- Jenss & Associates CompKeeper
- Lawson Human Resource Management
- Microsoft Dynamics GP
- Microsoft Dynamics Marketing
- NOW Solutions emPath
- Nuview Systems Cort HCM
- NuView Systems NuViewHR
- Oracle E-Business Suite
- Oracle Hyperion
- Oracle JD Edwards EnterpriseOne
- OrangeHRM
- PaloAlto Advertising Plan Pro
- PDS Vista
- People-Trak HR Essentials
- PerfectSoftware PerfectHR
- Piney Creek Digital Protocol System
- PSTek
- Quadkey HR Server
- Quark enterprise publishing software
- Relex Weibull
- Sage HRMS
- Saigun Technologies EmpXtrack
- Sentient Online MarketPrice
- Trigon Road Forte Leave Management
- UCN inContact Workforce Management Software WFM
- Ultimate Software UltiPro
- Vantage Point Software HRA
- Web browser software
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