Benefits Specialist salary
2 market ranges · employer-stated pay · updated Oct 17, 2026
The best-evidenced figure here is for benefits specialist roles at mid level across the United States: 25 postings where the employer stated pay put the middle half between $67,860 and $90,000, with a median of $82,500.
Every range here is counted from real postings, never modelled. 1 of the 2 ranges in the table rests on fewer than 10 postings and is marked hint: treat it as a hint rather than a benchmark.
Benefits Specialist pay by specialization
Compensation & Benefits 39HR Business Partner & Generalist 1
Live benefits specialist roles by HR function. A title spans functions; each link opens that function's own benchmark.
Every measured range
2 by market and level| Market | Level | Market range | Median | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States · country-wide | Mid | $67,860 – $90,000 | $82,500 | 25 |
| United States · country-wide | Senior | $80,000 – $88,150 | $81,850 | 5hint |
Entry is junior titles. Mid is mid-level and manager titles. Senior is senior titles. Lead is director, VP and above. Rows marked hint rest on fewer than 10 postings: read them as a hint, not a benchmark.
Ranges span the 25th to 75th percentile of employer-stated base pay for the market and level. Median is the 50th percentile. Sample is the number of postings measured.
Open benefits specialist roles · 21 with stated pay
Pay marked e is our estimate. Everything else is the employer's own figure.
this job's payour estimatewhere most pay sits here, $60,000–$100,000scale $30,000–$140,000