How much do benefits managers make?
Everyone secretly wants to know everyone else’s salary. How much do they make?
Everyone secretly wants to know everyone else’s salary. How much do they make? The federal government can provide a general answer. Let’s look at salaries in the benefits field.
What are we looking at?
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) periodically produces Occupational Employment Statistics – State Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates. The most recent state-by-state reports I’ve found is May 2019. That’s pretty current. Among the data they report are the number of jobs in the state and mean annual wage.
They have a job classification of interest: 13-1141 Compensation, Benefits and Job Analyst Specialists. This sounds like a grouping of jobs in the HR or Personnel category that we’re talking about.
What are the top 10 states with the highest pay?
Some of these states are expected. The pay in others can be a surprise:
What are the top 10 states with the highest number of jobs?
You might associate the presence of many jobs with a highly competitive market:
What about the 10 states with the lowest number of jobs?
Does a scarcity of jobs mean pay is at a premium? Does it mean the jobs don’t pay as well because there’s little demand?
Data for all 50 states
Maybe you are curious about a specific state:
It’s interesting to know what people in a specific industry are earning. It often depends on where you live.
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