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Compensation and Benefits Managers
Plan, direct, or coordinate compensation and benefits activities of an organization.
What a compensation and benefits manager does
Become a compensation and benefits manager
If you enjoy doing these activities, you might make a good compensation and benefits manager
- Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions.
- Reading work related information.
- Thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one.
- Figuring out how a system should work and how changes in the future will affect it.
- Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it.
Discover what you could earn in Washington
- Typical hourly rate is $66 per hour with a typical salary of $130,300 per year.
- Half of workers earn between $47 and $98 per hour.
- Half of workers earn an annual salary between $61,400 and $168,700 per year.
- 65% of individuals in this occupation have been employed in every quarter of the past year.
Part-time
- The typical hourly rate for part-time workers is $41 per hour with a typical salary of $36,700 per year.
- 12% of individuals in this occupation worked part-time during the past year.
Compensation And Benefits Manager job outlook
- There are 240 workers in this occupation in Washington.
- There are 88 openings per year in this occupation in Washington.
Multiple Jobs
- 2% of individuals in this occupation worked for more than one employer.
- 10% of individuals in this occupation held a position in another.