Compensation Analyst – Police & Fire Pay Plans

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Compensation Analyst designing municipal police and fire pay plans for AlphaGov. Benchmarking departments, modeling costs, and presenting recommendations to municipal stakeholders.

Responsibilities:

  • Develop police and fire pay recommendations as part of a municipal compensation and classification study.
  • Evaluate existing pay structures, benchmark comparable departments, and design practical salary plans supporting recruitment, retention, and internal equity.
  • Review police and fire job classifications, salary schedules, pay policies, and relevant labor agreements.
  • Identify comparable jurisdictions and benchmark positions based on responsibilities, rank, and organizational scope.
  • Analyze base salaries, salary ranges, step progression, incentives, and specialty pays, accounting for differences in work schedules.
  • Assess market competitiveness, internal equity, and pay compression within and between ranks.
  • Recommend pay structures and progression approaches reflecting municipal operational needs and compensation objectives.
  • Develop cost estimates and implementation options, including employee placement within proposed pay schedules.
  • Prepare findings and present recommendations to municipal leadership, human resources, finance, and public safety officials.

Requirements:

  • Direct experience analyzing compensation and designing pay plans for municipal police or fire departments.
  • Experience conducting salary benchmarking within municipal compensation and classification studies.
  • Understanding of public safety rank structures, pay progression, incentives, and specialty assignments.
  • Strong Excel modeling skills and the ability to produce accurate, traceable comparisons and implementation cost estimates.
  • Ability to explain compensation findings and tradeoffs clearly to technical and nontechnical audiences.
  • Experience evaluating both police and fire compensation, including union and nonunion environments, is preferred.