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How exposed to AI is a Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialist?

Of the 24 tasks O*NET lists for compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists, 7 could be done in half the time with a chat window today. 9 cannot be sped up at all. Here is which.

Exposure means published research judged an AI could halve the time a task takes, at the same quality. It does not mean the task stops needing a person. How to read this

Also called
Benefits AnalystBenefits ConsultantBenefits SpecialistCompensation AnalystCompensation and Benefits AnalystCompensation and Benefits SpecialistCompensation ConsultantCompensation SpecialistEmployee Benefits SpecialistPosition Classification Specialist
Reachable today Needs software built first Cannot be sped up
24
tasks rated for this occupation
95%
hold a degree, from a survey of 21
88k
people do this job in the US
42 of 48
least protected in business and finance
What the split says

This role has the most protected work in the People profession at 38 per cent, and the reason is worth understanding. The exposed part is analytical: writing job descriptions, building salary scales, preparing classification reports, analysing occupational data. The protected part is nearly all judgement with consequences attached.

Deciding whether a role is exempt. Ensuring compliance with reporting requirements. Negotiating collective agreements. Sitting with employees to work out what a job actually involves. These are tasks where being wrong costs money or ends up in a tribunal, and the rubric puts work needing that much human involvement out of reach.

It is also the role where pay transparency legislation has changed the ground underneath the ratings. Published salary ranges are now public data in a way they were not in 2023, which makes the benchmarking half of this job easier than these figures suggest.

Every task, and what AI can do with it

These are O*NET's task statements for this occupation, exactly as written, sorted into the three bands by the ratings behind this report. Nothing has been reworded.

Reachable with a chat window today

7
  • Prepare occupational classifications, job descriptions, and salary scales
  • Prepare reports, such as organization and flow charts and career path reports, to summarize job analysis and evaluation and compensation analysis information
  • Plan, develop, evaluate, improve, and communicate methods and techniques for selecting, promoting, compensating, evaluating, and training workers
  • Assess need for and develop job analysis instruments and materials
  • Analyze organizational, occupational, and industrial data to facilitate organizational functions and provide technical information to business, industry, and government
  • Develop, implement, administer, and evaluate personnel and labor relations programs, including performance appraisal, affirmative action, and employment equity programs
  • Prepare research results for publication in form of journals, books, manuals, and film

Only with software built on top

8
  • Provide advice on the resolution of classification and salary complaints
  • Research job and worker requirements, structural and functional relationships among jobs and occupations, and occupational trends
  • Advise managers and employees on state and federal employment regulations, collective agreements, benefit and compensation policies, personnel procedures, and classification programs
  • Perform multifactor data and cost analyses that may be used in areas such as support of collective bargaining agreements
  • Research employee benefit and health and safety practices, and recommend changes or modifications to existing policies
  • Advise staff of individuals' qualifications
  • Review occupational data on Alien Employment Certification Applications to determine the appropriate occupational title and code, and provide local offices with information about immigration and occupations
  • Work with the Department of Labor and promote its use with employers

Cannot be sped up

9
  • Evaluate job positions, determining classification, exempt or non-exempt status, and salary
  • Ensure company compliance with federal and state laws, including reporting requirements
  • Consult with, or serve as, technical liaison between business, industry, government, and union officials
  • Observe, interview, and survey employees and conduct focus group meetings to collect job, organizational, and occupational information
  • Assist in preparing and maintaining personnel records and handbooks
  • Administer employee insurance, pension, and savings plans, working with insurance brokers and plan carriers
  • Negotiate collective agreements on behalf of employers or workers, and mediate labor disputes and grievances
  • Plan and develop curricula and materials for training programs and conduct training
  • Speak at conferences and events to promote apprenticeships and related training programs
What this does not say

This is not a prediction about your job

Nobody surveyed an employer. Tasks are counted equally, so a percentage here is a share of the list rather than a share of your week. And the ratings were made in 2023, which makes every figure a floor rather than a ceiling.

It must never be used to select anyone for redundancy. The full limits are here.

Where to go next

This is the standard task list for the title. The useful next question is which of the tasks you actually do should go near AI, and which should not.

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Exposure ratings from Eloundou, Manning, Mishkin and Rock, GPTs are GPTs: Labor market impact potential of LLMs, Science 384, 1306–1308, 2024, used under the MIT licence. This page includes information from the O*NET Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA), used under the CC BY 4.0 license. O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. People Team AI has modified all or some of this information. USDOL/ETA has not approved, endorsed, or tested these modifications. Employment figures from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics.