One-off
Discounting Analysis
Manager · Pricing & Competitive Analyst
Insurtech company covering small businesses · 5,000+ employees
€64–€75 / hour
About €420–€830 in total
- about 9 h in total
- Remote · Germany
- Starts next week
- Top 25% for the role
Side work for Compensation Analysts · Updated November 4, 2026
Side work for Compensation Analysts
Compensation Analyst is one of the titles we hear most. These are the part-time roles where your experience carries over, what they pay per hour, and the tasks open now. About five hours a week, next to your main job.
3roles that fit a compensation analyst
1,001open tasks in those roles
$105/hrtypical US rate, Compensation & Benefits Analyst
5 ha week is enough
By Eva Novotna, Director, HR & Recruiting · Edited by Helena Voss · Published
Side work as a compensation analyst: what to know
Compensation analysts are hired for well-defined projects: a salary benchmark for a set of roles, pay bands for a growing company, a pay equity analysis, or a bonus plan model. Each ends with a spreadsheet and a short memo the leadership team can use.
Benchmarks need sources. Use the company's own survey subscriptions or public data, never your employer's licensed surveys, and say which sources you used in the memo. Pay transparency rules are spreading across US states and the EU, so experience with published ranges is a strong point to mention in your profile.
In our data: 1,001 open tasks across the 3 roles that fit a compensation analyst, 58% of them remote. The typical senior rate for Compensation & Benefits Analyst is $105 in the US, £40 in the UK, CA$90 in Canada and €45 in Germany an hour, before the company's 15% fee. The other roles that fit are Pricing & Competitive Analyst, Payroll Specialist. Most of these tasks are sized for 3 to 8 hours a week. Rates come from official wage statistics aged to October 2026; see the full table by country.
Where a compensation analyst's experience fits
The best match is first. Each role page shows the rate by country and level.
184 open tasksCompensation & Benefits Analyst
Pay benchmarking, salary bands and benefits comparisons for a growing company.
223 open tasksPricing & Competitive AnalystPrice benchmarking, packaging analysis and competitor tracking for pricing decisions.
594 open tasksPayroll SpecialistRuns payroll cycles, checks changes and filings, and answers employee pay questions.
Open now for a compensation analyst
Tasks in the roles above, newest first, each with the hourly rate.
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Payroll Provider Handover Pack
Senior · Payroll Specialist
Series A online retailer · 51–200 employees
€39–€47 / hour
About €260–€520 in total
- about 9 h in total
- Remote · Germany
- Starts within 7 days
- Top 25% for the role
- English and German
Regular
Competitor Alert Digest (Crayon)
Manager · Pricing & Competitive Analyst
Industrial manufacturer making industrial pumps · 5,000+ employees
€53–€60 / hour
About €730 a month at 3 h a week
- 2–4 h a week
- Remote · Germany
- Starts next week
- Top 25% for the role
Regular
Bi-Weekly Payroll Run (ADP)
Manager · Payroll Specialist
Home-goods retailer selling electronics · 1,001–5,000 employees
€50–€62 / hour
About €1,090 a month at 5 h a week
- 3–6 h a week
- Hybrid · Copenhagen
- Starts next week
- Top 25% for the role
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Payroll Audit
Manager · Payroll Specialist
Retail chain with 120 stores · 201–500 employees
€43–€52 / hour
About €240–€570 in total
- about 8 h in total
- Remote · Netherlands
- Starts within 7 days
- Top 25% for the role
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Payroll Provider Migration
Specialist · Payroll Specialist
Education foundation · 501–1,000 employees
€33–€42 / hour
About €300–€750 in total
- about 14 h in total
- Hybrid · Dublin
- Starts within 7 days
- Top 25% for the role
Before you take side work
Three checks that take ten minutes.
- Read the outside-work, conflict-of-interest and confidentiality clauses in your employment contract. If it asks for consent, ask in writing.
- Do not take tasks from a direct competitor of your employer.
- Use your own equipment and your own time. Read the guide
Questions about pay, fees and privacy
The same rules apply to every task, so they live on two pages: Pricing explains the 15% fee, prepayment and when you are paid; How it works covers matching, what a company sees and side work next to a job.