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Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists · SOC 13-1141

Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists Salary in the Boston Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro area

Figures describe the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Boston city limits.

Median annual wage$99,150
Median hourly wage$47.67

Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro area earned a median of $99,150 per year ($47.67 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $63,660 at the 10th percentile to $163,490 at the 90th. BLS estimates 2,630 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists in the Boston metro area earn more than $99,150 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $77,990 and $127,620.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$63,660$77,990$99,150$127,620$163,490
Hourly$30.61$37.49$47.67$61.36$78.60

A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.

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How this area compares

  • Boston metro areathis metro area
    $99,150
  • Massachusettsstate (MA)
    $95,890
  • United Statesnational
    $78,210

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

The median here is +3% vs Massachusetts overall and +27% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$41,450$72,200$102,950$133,700San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $41,450Jacksonville, NC — $42,820Tallahassee, FL — $45,180Beckley, WV — $45,850Charleston, WV — $47,860Jackson, MS — $49,490Laredo, TX — $51,590Columbus, GA-AL — $52,250McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $53,290Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $53,840Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $55,530Columbia, SC — $56,440Chattanooga, TN-GA — $57,220Dubuque, IA — $57,620Gainesville, GA — $58,240Rome, GA — $58,340Lubbock, TX — $58,410Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $58,430Fort Smith, AR-OK — $58,450Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $58,460Canton-Massillon, OH — $59,040Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $59,260Pittsburgh, PA — $59,460Montgomery, AL — $59,560Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $59,590Lincoln, NE — $59,950Macon-Bibb County, GA — $60,000Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $60,110Abilene, TX — $60,570Cedar Rapids, IA — $60,810Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $60,890Ocala, FL — $60,930Asheville, NC — $60,980El Paso, TX — $60,990Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $61,060Baton Rouge, LA — $61,250Helena, MT — $61,250Albany, GA — $61,780Winston-Salem, NC — $62,190Springfield, MO — $62,440Winchester, VA-WV — $62,460Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $62,520Mobile, AL — $62,570Wichita, KS — $62,590Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $62,610Amarillo, TX — $62,660Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $62,730Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA — $62,770Evansville, IN — $63,340Waco, TX — $63,460Morgantown, WV — $63,600Boise City, ID — $63,680Columbia, MO — $63,790Urban Honolulu, HI — $64,100North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $64,120Fayetteville, NC — $64,420Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $64,490Lexington-Fayette, KY — $64,670Champaign-Urbana, IL — $64,920Lancaster, PA — $64,920Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $64,960Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $65,050Gainesville, FL — $65,350Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $65,420Oklahoma City, OK — $65,810Lynchburg, VA — $65,990Fort Wayne, IN — $66,520Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $66,560Greensboro-High Point, NC — $66,860Florence, SC — $66,990Tucson, AZ — $66,990Elkhart-Goshen, IN — $67,180Naples-Marco Island, FL — $67,180Reading, PA — $67,180College Station-Bryan, TX — $67,570State College, PA — $67,820Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $67,830Appleton, WI — $67,950Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $67,970Kansas City, MO-KS — $67,990Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $68,260Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $68,660Raleigh-Cary, NC — $68,730Corpus Christi, TX — $68,860Madison, WI — $69,010Sioux City, IA-NE-SD — $69,260Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $69,390San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $69,470Midland, MI — $69,610Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $69,800Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $69,850Spartanburg, SC — $69,880Wilmington, NC — $70,250Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $70,390Chico, CA — $70,400Bloomington, IN — $70,450Charlottesville, VA — $70,610Port St. Lucie, FL — $70,640Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $70,660Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $70,680Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $70,700Oshkosh-Neenah, WI — $70,830Saginaw, MI — $70,830Rapid City, SD — $70,890Springfield, MA — $70,920Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $70,940Eau Claire, WI — $71,030Bloomington, IL — $71,110York-Hanover, PA — $71,290Jefferson City, MO — $71,550Killeen-Temple, TX — $71,800Burlington, NC — $71,870Reno, NV — $71,880Springfield, IL — $71,990Jacksonville, FL — $72,300Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — $72,410Ogden, UT — $72,450Billings, MT — $73,020Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $73,160Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA — $73,260Fresno, CA — $73,320Rockford, IL — $73,370Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $73,380Knoxville, TN — $73,540Medford, OR — $73,590Rochester, NY — $73,610Glens Falls, NY — $73,890St. Cloud, MN — $74,000Omaha, NE-IA — $74,010South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $74,140Topeka, KS — $74,170Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $74,210Wausau, WI — $74,210Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $74,220Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $74,360Utica-Rome, NY — $74,370Roanoke, VA — $74,460Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $74,520Green Bay, WI — $74,530Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $74,540Binghamton, NY — $74,600Eugene-Springfield, OR — $74,630Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $74,650Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $74,780Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $74,860Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $75,150San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $75,350Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $75,620Visalia, CA — $75,760Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $76,000Idaho Falls, ID — $76,510Anchorage, AK — $76,550Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $76,600Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $76,630New Haven, CT — $76,670Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $76,690Flint, MI — $76,720Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $76,720Toledo, OH — $76,810Huntsville, AL — $76,920Akron, OH — $76,950Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $76,960Stockton-Lodi, CA — $76,990New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $77,040St. Louis, MO-IL — $77,080Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $77,200Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $77,210Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $77,620Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $77,860Birmingham, AL — $77,880Syracuse, NY — $77,930Ithaca, NY — $77,960Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $77,990Vallejo, CA — $78,030Cleveland, OH — $78,570Tulsa, OK — $78,800Columbus, OH — $78,870Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $78,920Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $78,940Corvallis, OR — $79,080Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $79,090Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $79,270Midland, TX — $79,280Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $79,480Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $79,580Bend, OR — $79,890Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $79,920Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $79,990Fargo, ND-MN — $80,030Kenosha, WI — $80,490Barnstable Town, MA — $80,900Richmond, VA — $80,990Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $81,030Youngstown-Warren, OH — $81,400Modesto, CA — $81,650Albuquerque, NM — $81,670Duluth, MN-WI — $82,290Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $82,430Kingston, NY — $82,630Portland-South Portland, ME — $82,650Greeley, CO — $82,850Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $83,170Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $83,480Manchester-Nashua, NH — $84,000Peoria, IL — $84,020Ann Arbor, MI — $84,280Savannah, GA — $84,840Amherst Town-Northampton, MA — $85,050Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $85,420Worcester, MA — $85,660Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $85,910Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $86,340Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $87,570Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $87,910Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $88,010Salem, OR — $88,110Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $89,040New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $89,130Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $89,590San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $90,070Salinas, CA — $90,450Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $91,660Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA — $91,700Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $92,560Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $92,860Napa, CA — $95,530Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $97,310Bellingham, WA — $97,940Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $99,150San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $102,780Boulder, CO — $103,280Rochester, MN — $108,170San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $133,700

Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.

The Boston metro area has the 5th-highest published median for this occupation among the 233 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Other metro areas in Massachusetts

Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.

  • Boston metro areathis page
    $99,150
  • Worcester metro area
    $85,660
  • Amherst Town metro area
    $85,050
  • Barnstable Town metro area
    $80,900
  • Springfield metro area
    $70,920

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

Keep exploring

Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:

Accountants and Auditors$100,150Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists$102,390Management Analysts$135,640Human Resources Specialists$90,270Project Management Specialists$114,990Business Operations Specialists, All Other$98,340

Highest-paying metro areas for compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialistss · Highest-paying occupations in Boston Metro

About this estimate

These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.

Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.