Also called: Benefits Analyst, Job Analysis Specialist
Crunches salary data to make sure a company's pay is fair, competitive and legal.
You match 400 job titles to salary survey data, flag that women in one department are paid less than men, and prepare a report for leadership.
Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 4 years after high school. Bachelor's in HR, finance or economics.
Ways in: 4-year college, Certification. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Human Resources Management, Economics, Finance.
Growing faster than average (about 6% over 10 years). Faster than average.
Medium risk in 5 years, high in 10. Pay analytics software now matches jobs to salary data and flags gaps automatically, so fewer analysts are hired.
Classes: AP Statistics, Spreadsheets or computer applications, AP Microeconomics.
Official data: O*NET occupation 13-1141.
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