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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
- Average hourly rate is $105 per hour with an average salary of $161,000 per year.
- Half of workers earn between $46 and $96 per hour.
- Half of workers earn an annual salary between $66,900 and $168,300 per year.
- 66% of individuals in this occupation have been employed in every quarter of the past year.
Part-time
- The average hourly rate for part-time workers is $49 per hour with an average salary of $50,300 per 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.
- 12% of individuals in this occupation held a position in another.