Also called: Total Rewards Manager
Designs how a company pays people: salaries, bonuses, stock, health insurance and retirement plans.
You compare your engineers' pay to market surveys, model what a 4% raise budget would cost, and negotiate with insurance companies over next year's health plan prices.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 8 years after high school. Bachelor's in business, finance or HR; CCP or CEBS certifications common.
Ways in: 4-year college, Certification. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Human Resources Management, Finance, Economics.
Growing about average (about 2% over 10 years). Slow growth; automation of benefits administration.
Medium risk for 10 years. Pay analytics automate market comparisons; negotiating with insurers and designing fair plans stays human.
Classes: AP Statistics, Accounting, AP Microeconomics.
Official data: O*NET occupation 11-3111.
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