How much do Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists make in Salem, OR?

Percentile spread

For Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists, the published 10th percentile is $61,380 and the 90th percentile is $135,340. The difference is $73,960, which is 83.9% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $77,010 to the 75th at $105,590, covers $28,580.

The mean annual wage is $91,890, which sits above the median of $88,110. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Salem, OR median is 12.7% higher than the national median of $78,210 for Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists. In 2024 national prices the local median is $85,008, which is 8.7% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 5.7% higher than the Oregon median of $83,320.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Salem, OR is 103.649, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $88,110 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists at $85,008 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

8 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists. Salem, OR ranks 3rd of 9 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

• Corvallis, OR is 38 miles away, with a median of $79,080 and employment of 40. That median is 10.2% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $76,026, against $85,008 here.
• Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA is 52 miles away, with a median of $89,040 and employment of 960. That median is 1.1% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $84,461, against $85,008 here.
• Eugene-Springfield, OR is 67 miles away, with a median of $74,630 and employment of 90. That median is 15.3% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $73,478, against $85,008 here.

Employment share

Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists accounts for 0.08% of wage-and-salary employment in Salem, OR (160 of 188,620). Nationally the occupation is 0.07% of employment (112,380 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.17 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.