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Benefits Specialist jobs: 196 open roles

Open benefits specialist jobs taken from employers’ own career sites and checked to still be open. Listings that state pay show a median of $70,000 a year.

The market for benefits specialist work

Every figure names its source. Skills and AI-skill shares describe the whole Human Resources function this title sits in. Outlook, pay and AI-use figures are for the government category “Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists”, the closest occupation to this title.

Verified open benefits specialist jobs
196

Source: NextChapter, checked against employer career sites, last 7 days.

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Median pay in listings that state it
$70,000

Source: NextChapter verified openings.

Employment outlook
Projected to grow 6% from 2025 to 2035 (faster than average).

Source: BLS Employment Projections, 2025–2035.

National median pay, all levels
$78,210

Source: BLS OEWS, 2025.

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Openings a year nationally, growth plus replacement
9,000

Source: BLS Employment Projections.

AI use at work
AI use among compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists is little observed so far.

Source: Anthropic Economic Index.

Human Resources openings that ask for AI skills
2%

Source: NextChapter verified openings.

Human Resources openings that are remote
6%

Source: NextChapter verified openings.

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Skills most often named in openings

  1. 1. talent acquisition10%
  2. 2. onboarding8%
  3. 3. employee relations8%
  4. 4. hris4%
  5. 5. excel3%
  6. 6. workday2%
  7. 7. project management2%
  8. 8. change management2%

AI skills worth building for this work

  1. 1. AI tools in daily work
  2. 2. Gen-AI assistants (ChatGPT, Copilot, Claude)
  3. 3. Prompt design
  4. 4. AI coding assistants
  5. 5. AI workflow automation
  6. 6. Automation platforms (Zapier, n8n, Power Automate)

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Benefits Specialist salary

The middle half of benefits specialist listings that state pay run from $61,500 to $85,000. See the full benefits specialist salary breakdown.

Human Resources jobs in the rankings

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Where benefits specialist jobs are

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Benefits Specialist jobs by city and state

Employers hiring benefits specialists

  • Third Party CS 7
  • Addison Group 4
  • Valley Cities Behavioral Health Care 3
  • AIL 3
  • Air Line Pilots Association 3
  • ADP 3
  • LHH 3
  • Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board 2
  • Robert Half 2
  • Apex Systems 2

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