Jobs / Management and business operations / 11-3111.00
Compensation and Benefits Managers
Plan, direct, or coordinate compensation and benefits activities of an organization.
- US jobs
- 22,940
- Median wage
- $149,230 a year
- Job family
- Management and business operations
Can agents do the work of compensation and benefits managers?
We read the evidence for the whole job family, Management and business operations: Some tasks (first measured in the last 12 months)
Agents complete 20% or more of the tasks (or projects) on a direct benchmark.
Evidence: SOP-Bench, 72.4% of tasks completed.
12% of this occupation's work, by O*NET work activities, is measured by a direct benchmark.
- 16%Manage human resources activitiesNot measured
- 13%Perform human resources activitiesNot measured
- 8%Develop organizational policies, systems, or processesNot measured
- 7%Evaluate programs, practices, or processesNot measured
- 6%Communicate with others about operational plans or activitiesMeasured
- 6%Maintain operational recordsMeasured
- 5%Negotiate contracts or agreementsNot measured
- 5%Analyze data to improve operationsNot measured
Benchmarks for the job family
These cover work in management and business operations, not always this occupation's tasks.
Direct evidence
Work benchmarks mapped primary to this family. They set the step when they report how many tasks agents complete.
Also relevant
These benchmarks cover part of this family's work, or have no result yet. They do not set its step.
- 45.9%Claude Opus 4.6 · 16 Mar 2026Emerging
- 58.2%Codex + GPT-6 Astra (max) · 3 Sep 2026Emerging
Context only
These benchmarks span many occupations, or they test how agents behave. They give context but do not set the step.
- 1846 EloClaude Opus 5.5 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort, Default Fallback) · 23 Sep 2026Unrated
- 42.9%TTE-MatrixAgent + DeepSeek-V3.2 · 10 Nov 2025Emerging
Typical tasks
From O*NET 31.0. Core tasks first. Few of these tasks have a benchmark today.
- 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).
- Analyze compensation policies, government regulations, and prevailing wage rates to develop competitive compensation plan.
- Identify and implement benefits to increase the quality of life for employees by working with brokers and researching benefits issues.
- Manage the design and development of tools to assist employees in benefits selection, and to guide managers through compensation decisions.
- Administer, direct, and review employee benefit programs, including the integration of benefit programs following mergers and acquisitions.
- Mediate between benefits providers and employees, such as by assisting in handling employees' benefits-related questions or taking suggestions.
- Plan, direct, supervise, and coordinate work activities of subordinates and staff relating to employment, compensation, labor relations, and employee relations.
- Prepare detailed job descriptions and classification systems and define job levels and families, in partnership with other managers.
- Develop methods to improve employment policies, processes, and practices, and recommend changes to management.
- Formulate policies, procedures and programs for recruitment, testing, placement, classification, orientation, benefits and compensation, and labor and industrial relations.
Other job titles for this occupation (27)
Benefits Coordinator · Benefits Director · Benefits Manager · Compensation and Benefits Director · Compensation and Benefits Manager · Compensation Director · Compensation Manager · Employee Benefits Coordinator · Employee Benefits Manager · Payroll Manager · Benefits Admin (Benefits Administrator) · Benefits Advisor · Compensation Program Manager · Employee Benefits Account Manager · Employee Benefits Director · Global Benefits Manager · Global Compensation Director · Global Compensation Manager · Payroll and Benefits Manager · Personnel Manager · Position Classification Manager · Reimbursement Manager · Reimbursements Manager · Total Rewards Director · Total Rewards Manager · Wage and Salary Administrator (Wage and Salary Admin) · Workers' Compensation Manager