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Where a compensation analyst can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a compensation analyst already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Compensation analysts recognise and reward contributions and behaviors that support company’s business objectives and corporate values.

Also known as compensation advisor, incentive compensation analyst, compensation coordinator, compensation manager, benefits and compensation analyst, compensation and benefits analyst, compensation consultant, compensation lead, total rewards analyst, global compensation analyst, manager of compensation, compensation administrator.

Professionals 29 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: dividend analyst, 24%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
dividend analyst 24% covered budget manager 20% covered occupational analyst 19% covered employment programme coordina… 18% covered real estate manager 17% covered compensation analyst You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from compensation analyst, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a compensation analyst already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

A compensation analyst needs 18 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • calculate compensation payments information skills
  • determine salaries management skills
  • promote equal pay assisting and caring
  • calculate employee benefits information skills
  • labour market health and welfare
  • business valuation techniques business, administration and law
  • personnel management business, administration and law
  • estimate profitability information skills
  • human resource management business, administration and law
  • business analysis business, administration and law
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Compensation analyst is filed under Professionals, ISCO major group 2. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a compensation analyst’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.