AlphaGov delivers public-sector consulting for cities, counties, school systems, special districts, utilities, and related agencies. Our work spans classification and compensation, organizational and operational studies, research and program evaluation, economic and workforce analysis, surveys and community research, and applied data and infrastructure research.

AlphaGov is hiring a Compensation Analyst to evaluate compensation for represented employee groups in public utilities. You will turn job and market data into clear, defensible pay recommendations that support competitive compensation and sound workforce decisions.

What you’ll do

• Review represented job classifications, existing pay schedules and relevant labor agreements to define a consistent comparison framework.
• Identify comparable utility and public-sector employers and document why their jobs are appropriate market matches.
• Collect and validate compensation data, identifying differences in job duties and pay practices that affect comparability.
• Analyze market competitiveness and internal pay relationships across represented classifications.
• Develop recommended pay adjustments or salary-range options with transparent assumptions and supporting evidence.
• Prepare implementation cost estimates and practical options for leadership review.
• Explain findings in clear reports and presentations that support informed HR and labor-relations decisions.

Apply to be considered.Requirements

Required

• Experience conducting compensation surveys or pay studies for public-sector employers or utilities.
• Experience evaluating represented employee classifications and interpreting labor-agreement pay provisions.
• Ability to match jobs by substantive duties and responsibilities rather than title alone.
• Ability to analyze compensation data and explain assumptions, limitations and recommended adjustments.

Nice to have

• Public utility or other operational-workforce compensation study experience.
• Experience presenting compensation findings to HR leaders, management and employee representatives.