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Benefits Specialists

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Job Numbers and Growth

The number of employed benefits specialists is about 110,000. This occupation has a low unemployment rating.

Part-Time Work and Self-Employment

Approximately 8% of employees work part time. 2% of benefits specialists have ended up working for themlseves.

Training and Education

People with a bachelor's degree have an easier time finding a job in this career. The percentage of employees with at least a 4 year degree or higher is 56%. Approximately 30% of benefits specialists started in college but were able to get a job without a degree. Workers with a high school diploma but no further education represent 14% of the total. Recommended schools are shown in the column to the right; request information from them to help you decide which, if any, could help you with this career.

Area Job Conditions

Jobs for this occupation are more popular (on a per capita basis) in Bloomington (Illinois), Jefferson City (Missouri), and Des Moines (Iowa), and less popular in Myrtle Beach (South Carolina), Lafayette (Louisiana), and Atlantic City (New Jersey).

Without adjusting for the cost of living, benefits specialists get paid the most in Bloomington (Illinois), San Jose (California), and Lafayette (Indiana), and the least in Brownsville (Texas), Cedar Rapids (Iowa), and Lubbock (Texas).

Benefits Specialists: Job and Salary Data by Metropolitan Area

The table below shows data for Benefits Specialists, as of 2008. The Popularity in Area number tells you how common jobs for Benefits Specialists are in the area, compared to other US metro areas. A value of 1.0 means an average number of people in the position for area population. Lower numbers mean fewer of these positions in the metro area. The most popular areas for Benefits Specialists are starred .

StateAreaPositionsTypical PayPopularity in Area
AlabamaBirmingham530$51,9001.1
AlabamaHuntsville90$43,0800.5
AlabamaMobile50$45,3900.3
AlabamaMontgomery60$45,1800.4
AlabamaTuscaloosa40$38,9300.5
AlaskaAnchorage60$53,9800.4
ArizonaFlagstaff30$42,0100.7
ArizonaPhoenix1,960$53,3401.1
ArizonaPrescott60$50,3801.2
ArizonaTucson270$46,1300.8
ArkansasFayetteville130$42,6400.7
ArkansasFort Smith60$37,6900.6
ArkansasLittle Rock270$44,0400.9
CaliforniaBakersfield90$50,5700.4
CaliforniaFresno320$51,6501
CaliforniaModesto80$55,2600.5
CaliforniaNapa60$62,7801.1
CaliforniaOakland950$64,0401
CaliforniaOxnard210$56,3200.8
CaliforniaRiverside520$60,6700.4
CaliforniaSacramento730$59,9000.9
CaliforniaSalinas70$56,0200.5
CaliforniaSan Diego1,080$59,8200.9
CaliforniaSan Francisco1,400$70,8201.5
CaliforniaSan Jose850$76,3301
CaliforniaSanta Ana1,250$61,0700.9
CaliforniaSanta Barbara70$60,3700.5
CaliforniaSanta Cruz40$56,4800.5
CaliforniaStockton110$58,1400.6
CaliforniaVallejo100$63,2600.9
CaliforniaVisalia70$52,0300.6
ColoradoBoulder160$61,8301.1
ColoradoColorado Springs230$56,1601
ColoradoDenver1,440$63,1201.2
ColoradoFort Collins90$56,2700.9
ColoradoGrand Junction40$48,7500.9
ColoradoGreeley60$61,2900.9
ColoradoPueblo30$56,3700.7
ConnecticutBridgeport390$66,6201
ConnecticutHartford610$67,3601.1
ConnecticutNew Haven100$53,8600.4
ConnecticutNorwich100$52,2100.9
ConnecticutWaterbury40$56,2600.7
DelawareDover40$46,6700.9
DelawareWilmington400$65,1601.3
District of ColumbiaWashington2,860$70,7001.3
FloridaCape Coral90$51,6800.5
FloridaDeltona70$46,2800.5
FloridaFort Lauderdale410$55,7900.6
FloridaFort Walton Beach30$44,4600.5
FloridaGainesville30$45,2700.3
FloridaJacksonville380$50,2700.7
FloridaLakeland80$44,6400.5
FloridaMiami510$53,8200.6
FloridaOcala40$41,4500.5
FloridaOrlando540$46,8400.6
FloridaPalm Bay100$50,6700.6
FloridaPensacola80$44,8700.6
FloridaPort St Lucie40$48,6100.4
FloridaSarasota150$50,6900.6
FloridaTallahassee200$42,5101.4
FloridaTampa750$52,7500.7
FloridaWest Palm Beach330$55,3700.7
GeorgiaAthens40$44,0200.6
GeorgiaAtlanta2,330$55,6401
GeorgiaAugusta130$48,2600.7
GeorgiaColumbus70$48,6700.7
GeorgiaGainesville40$47,6700.7
GeorgiaMacon40$47,1100.5
GeorgiaSavannah70$52,9500.5
HawaiiHonolulu250$51,8000.6
IdahoBoise180$49,6400.7
IllinoisBloomington350$88,670 5.9
IllinoisChampaign70$53,6700.9
IllinoisChicago3,660$61,8801
IllinoisDecatur80$53,830 2.1
IllinoisPeoria100$57,7700.7
IllinoisRockford50$44,8900.4
IllinoisSpringfield130$58,1801.5
IndianaAnderson30$35,6600.9
IndianaColumbus40$34,1801.2
IndianaElkhart60$51,7900.5
IndianaEvansville80$45,0700.5
IndianaFort Wayne190$54,7901
IndianaGary250$70,0501
IndianaIndianapolis670$56,4000.8
IndianaLafayette30$67,7100.5
IndianaMuncie40$46,6501.1
IndianaSouth Bend70$46,6100.6
IndianaTerre Haute80$61,1101.4
IowaCedar Rapids300$35,310 2.5
IowaDavenport140$44,3100.8
IowaDes Moines870$46,670 2.9
IowaDubuque30$52,7700.7
IowaSioux City90$48,2101.5
IowaWaterloo90$39,4001.2
KansasLawrence40$49,8301.1
KansasTopeka100$47,3801
KansasWichita310$48,1901.1
KentuckyLexington80$51,2400.4
KentuckyLouisville420$67,9200.7
LouisianaBaton Rouge420$41,4501.2
LouisianaHouma40$37,2800.5
LouisianaLafayette30$41,0300.2
LouisianaLake Charles30$46,3700.4
LouisianaNew Orleans220$43,3200.5
LouisianaShreveport50$37,9200.3
MaineBangor70$47,1201.3
MaineLewiston40$45,5701
MainePortland350$56,1101.9
MarylandBaltimore1,180$55,3901
MarylandBethesda630$64,4801.2
MarylandHagerstown30$55,0200.4
MarylandSalisbury40$43,7300.9
MassachusettsBarnstable Town110$57,6301.3
MassachusettsBoston2,490$65,8401.5
MassachusettsBrockton50$63,7200.7
MassachusettsFramingham270$65,7801.9
MassachusettsHaverhill50$58,8800.8
MassachusettsLawrence50$56,6401.1
MassachusettsLeominster40$61,5401
MassachusettsLowell120$65,1901.1
MassachusettsNew Bedford40$50,1400.7
MassachusettsPittsfield40$53,5801.6
MassachusettsSpringfield220$60,4500.8
MassachusettsWorcester290$55,1001.3
MichiganAnn Arbor130$63,7900.9
MichiganBattle Creek50$57,2501.3
MichiganDetroit710$72,7001.1
MichiganFlint60$52,3200.5
MichiganGrand Rapids280$54,3800.8
MichiganHolland100$64,4901.1
MichiganJackson30$59,5200.7
MichiganKalamazoo80$56,1900.7
MichiganLansing340$60,6302
MichiganSaginaw30$52,6000.5
MichiganWarren800$57,7300.7
MinnesotaDuluth60$53,9800.5
MinnesotaMinneapolis2,450$55,9901.5
MinnesotaRochester30$59,0600.4
MinnesotaSt Cloud50$47,2200.6
MississippiGulfport50$40,9300.5
MississippiHattiesburg30$39,3300.6
MississippiJackson170$40,0700.7
MissouriColumbia40$46,1500.6
MissouriJefferson City200$43,910 3.5
MissouriJoplin40$40,6900.6
MissouriKansas City1,010$55,9201
MissouriSpringfield150$41,3100.9
MissouriSt Louis1,330$53,7301
MontanaBillings100$42,8401.5
MontanaMissoula40$43,7100.9
NebraskaLincoln210$51,7201.4
NebraskaOmaha580$56,5401.4
NevadaCarson City40$58,7101.9
NevadaLas Vegas450$59,2700.5
NevadaReno90$59,2000.5
New HampshireManchester110$53,0901.2
New HampshireNashua40$57,4700.3
New HampshireRochester30$47,9400.6
New JerseyAtlantic City30$59,4700.2
New JerseyCamden510$66,9201
New JerseyEdison650$70,6700.7
New JerseyNewark570$66,0300.6
New JerseyTrenton450$60,800 2.3
New MexicoAlbuquerque220$55,5400.6
New MexicoSanta Fe90$50,1101.7
New YorkAlbany490$54,6601.2
New YorkBinghamton100$49,6601.1
New YorkBuffalo510$53,2001
New YorkGlens Falls50$46,5401.2
New YorkKingston50$50,3901
New YorkNassau910$61,9500.8
New YorkNew York10,600$64,890 2.2
New YorkPoughkeepsie120$56,3800.6
New YorkRochester540$53,8301.2
New YorkSyracuse330$52,0401.2
New YorkUtica100$60,6400.9
North CarolinaAsheville130$45,4600.8
North CarolinaBurlington80$48,9801.6
North CarolinaCharlotte1,420$55,2701.7
North CarolinaDurham370$62,6001.5
North CarolinaFayetteville60$48,5900.6
North CarolinaGreensboro260$54,4100.8
North CarolinaGreenville40$52,1000.7
North CarolinaHickory70$49,6800.5
North CarolinaRaleigh880$50,7801.9
North CarolinaRocky Mount50$51,2101
North CarolinaWilmington90$55,9500.7
North CarolinaWinston Salem310$55,2801.6
North DakotaBismarck30$59,4400.6
North DakotaFargo90$58,8100.9
OhioAkron230$56,0600.7
OhioCanton80$50,5800.5
OhioCincinnati1,260$57,5101.3
OhioCleveland1,010$56,8601
OhioColumbus830$53,1200.9
OhioDayton320$51,8400.9
OhioToledo200$49,6900.7
OhioYoungstown100$45,3600.5
OklahomaOklahoma City590$36,4701.1
OklahomaTulsa390$48,6501
OregonBend40$45,0800.7
OregonEugene60$58,2200.5
OregonMedford30$47,1200.4
OregonPortland850$51,1900.9
OregonSalem60$52,2800.4
PennsylvaniaAllentown270$50,9900.9
PennsylvaniaAltoona40$52,3100.8
PennsylvaniaErie130$47,4001.2
PennsylvaniaHarrisburg350$55,7101.2
PennsylvaniaJohnstown40$40,6200.9
PennsylvaniaLancaster220$50,1901
PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia2,070$56,7101.2
PennsylvaniaPittsburgh1,130$53,0201.1
PennsylvaniaReading110$51,6400.7
PennsylvaniaScranton140$47,0400.6
PennsylvaniaWilliamsport30$47,2500.7
PennsylvaniaYork80$53,4100.5
Rhode IslandProvidence400$57,6000.8
South CarolinaCharleston160$45,0300.6
South CarolinaColumbia240$49,2900.7
South CarolinaFlorence50$56,8300.7
South CarolinaGreenville260$51,7800.9
South CarolinaMyrtle Beach30$38,3800.3
South CarolinaSpartanburg60$49,1800.6
South DakotaRapid City40$43,5600.8
South DakotaSioux Falls200$45,4801.6
TennesseeChattanooga200$50,8200.9
TennesseeKingsport60$46,6600.6
TennesseeKnoxville120$49,7100.4
TennesseeMemphis400$56,8300.7
TennesseeNashville440$52,5700.6
TexasAbilene30$43,2000.6
TexasAmarillo90$47,9101
TexasAustin1,140$56,9301.6
TexasBeaumont130$49,3000.9
TexasBrownsville70$39,2200.6
TexasCollege Station90$46,3501.4
TexasCorpus Christi110$38,1100.7
TexasDallas2,620$55,5301.3
TexasEl Paso280$44,2001.2
TexasFort Worth820$57,7501
TexasHouston3,520$58,9501.5
TexasKilleen100$47,6001
TexasLaredo40$44,9300.6
TexasLongview70$45,7000.9
TexasLubbock60$46,9400.6
TexasMcallen110$43,1300.6
TexasMidland80$45,9401.5
TexasOdessa40$45,9400.9
TexasSan Antonio940$49,3601.2
TexasTyler80$59,5501
TexasWaco60$46,2400.7
TexasWichita Falls50$40,9601.1
UtahOgden200 1.1
UtahProvo90$45,0800.6
UtahSalt Lake City650$50,5201.1
VermontBurlington160$53,3601.7
VirginiaBlacksburg40$49,3200.8
VirginiaCharlottesville110$46,1001.4
VirginiaHarrisonburg40$74,2900.9
VirginiaLynchburg70$47,3300.8
VirginiaRichmond630$60,3901.1
VirginiaRoanoke130$49,2700.9
VirginiaVirginia Beach550$48,8200.8
VirginiaWinchester50$60,0601.2
WashingtonBremerton30$42,9800.4
WashingtonKennewick30$59,1900.4
WashingtonOlympia160$48,5802
WashingtonSeattle1,270$67,1600.9
WashingtonSpokane80$58,3700.4
WashingtonTacoma90$58,9500.4
WashingtonYakima30$58,0000.4
West VirginiaCharleston130$41,1401
West VirginiaHuntington80$49,1100.8
WisconsinAppleton100$46,8101
WisconsinEau Claire40$48,9500.6
WisconsinGreen Bay120$48,9800.8
WisconsinJanesville70$46,6301.3
WisconsinLa Crosse60$49,8601
WisconsinMadison620$46,120 2
WisconsinMilwaukee860$50,6501.1
WisconsinOshkosh70$50,5001
WisconsinWausau50$50,3600.9
 

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