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Compensation and Benefits Managers
Plan, direct, or coordinate compensation and benefits activities of an organization.
10 main tasks · most important first
Your main tasks and AI
Importance- 01Direct preparation and distribution of written and verbal information to inform employees of benefits, compensation, and personnel policies.AI could speed this up a lot
- 02Design, evaluate, and modify benefits policies to ensure that programs are current, competitive, and in compliance with legal requirements.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 03Fulfill all reporting requirements of all relevant government rules and regulations, including the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA).AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 04Analyze compensation policies, government regulations, and prevailing wage rates to develop competitive compensation plan.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 05Identify and implement benefits to increase the quality of life for employees by working with brokers and researching benefits issues.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 06Manage the design and development of tools to assist employees in benefits selection, and to guide managers through compensation decisions.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 07Administer, direct, and review employee benefit programs, including the integration of benefit programs following mergers and acquisitions.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 08Mediate between benefits providers and employees, such as by assisting in handling employees' benefits-related questions or taking suggestions.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 09Plan, direct, supervise, and coordinate work activities of subordinates and staff relating to employment, compensation, labor relations, and employee relations.Mostly human for now
- 10Prepare detailed job descriptions and classification systems and define job levels and families, in partnership with other managers.AI could speed this up a lot
Tasks from O*NET® 31.0 (US Department of Labor, CC BY 4.0, changed by us), most important first. “Already use” comes from Anthropic’s data on real work chats with Claude; “could speed up” from task ratings made with GPT-4 in 2023.
Four studies, side by side
None is a forecast of job lossToo little dataNot enough work use was seen to measure. This does not mean the job is safe from AI.Anthropic, 2026
51%of this job’s tasks an AI model could do in half the time, counting tasks that need extra tools as half (rated in 2023).Eloundou, Manning, Mishkin and Rock, 2023
Above 47% of jobsin how often and how well AI helped with this job’s work in Microsoft Copilot chats (2024 data).Microsoft Research (Tomlinson et al.), 2025
Your human edge
The main tasks with no real AI use seen and no big speed-up expected. This is where your skill counts most today.
- Plan, direct, supervise, and coordinate work activities of subordinates and staff relating to employment, compensation, labor relations, and employee relations.