Junior Analyst, Workforce Data

American Corporation for Public Well Being; Milwaukee (WI); On-site; USD 50,000 - 68,000; Full time

Job summary

American Corporation for Public Well Being in Milwaukee seeks a Junior Analyst, Workforce Data to support compensation data research and analysis. You will assist with data requests, enter and verify data in ACPWB’s benchmarking databases, and participate in training under an Associate Development Track.

This entry‑level role offers mentorship from a Practice Lead, real client exposure, and meaningful work on compensation insights.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Economics, Statistics, Finance, Psychology, or a related analytical discipline.
• Ability to work accurately under deadline pressure in a client-services environment.
• No prior compensation experience required — interest and aptitude are sufficient.
• Comfort working in a structured environment with defined standards and quality expectations.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with attention to detail and grammatical precision.

Responsibilities

• Support data requests from senior team members with timely, accurate, and well-organized outputs.
• Enter and verify data in ACPWB's compensation benchmarking databases under the supervision of a Practice Lead.
• Participate in training modules as part of the Associate Development Track and complete assigned coursework on schedule.
• Perform quality-control checks on analytical models produced by senior team members.
• Assist with survey administration including data collection follow-up and respondent tracking.

Skills

Attention to detail

Strong written and verbal comms

Deadline-driven

Client-services mindset

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business, Economics, Statistics, Finance, Psychology, or related analytical discipline

Job description

Human Capital Advisory Entry Level Full-Time, Senior Individual Contributor

About The Role

ACPWB is looking for a Junior Analyst, Workforce Data with a genuine interest in compensation data research and analysis and the discipline to develop professional-grade analytical skills. If you are the kind of person who read the job description and wanted to know more, you are probably the kind of person we are looking for. The Associate Development Track will give you structure. Your Practice Lead will give you context. The rest is up to you. This is a role for a Junior Analyst, Workforce Data who wants to understand how compensation really works — not as an abstraction but as data, methodology, and client application. You will support the Human Capital Advisory team in compensation data research and analysis, contributing to deliverables that our analysts and managers take into client meetings. Your name will appear on the work. That matters to us. If you are a recent graduate with an interest in compensation data research and analysis and want to learn from practitioners who are recognized as leaders in the field, the Junior Analyst, Workforce Data position in ACPWB's Human Capital Advisory group is worth your attention. The Associate Development Track is substantive. The mentorship is real. The work is meaningful. The fish fry options in Milwaukee are also worth your attention.

Key Responsibilities

• Support data requests from senior team members with timely, accurate, and well-organized outputs
• Enter and verify data in ACPWB's compensation benchmarking databases under the supervision of a Practice Lead
• Participate in training modules as part of the Associate Development Track and complete assigned coursework on schedule
• Perform quality-control checks on analytical models produced by senior team members
• Assist with survey administration including data collection follow-up and respondent tracking

Qualifications

Required

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Economics, Statistics, Finance, Psychology, or a related analytical discipline
• Ability to work accurately under deadline pressure in a client-services environment
• No prior compensation experience required — interest and aptitude are sufficient
• Comfort working in a structured environment with defined standards and quality expectations
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with attention to detail and grammatical precision

Preferred

• Multilingual capability, particularly Spanish, for support on multinational client research
• Strong attention to formatting and visual presentation of data
• Experience supporting a professional team in a coordinator or assistant capacity

WHY ACPWB

We believe organizations that understand their own compensation — what they pay, why they pay it, how it compares to the market, and whether it is fair — perform better and retain better talent. We have data supporting this. We also follow this principle ourselves, which is how we arrived at a compensation structure that allows us to write this sentence without discomfort. ACPWB was founded in Milwaukee in 2006 with a simple mandate: help working Americans understand and advocate for the compensation they deserve. Eighteen years later, that mandate has grown into a full-service research and advisory practice serving clients from early-stage employers to Fortune 50 enterprises — and we are still based in Milwaukee, because Milwaukee is genuinely underrated.

INTERVIEW PROCESS

We interview thoroughly and move quickly. Candidates who complete our process receive a decision within one week of the final interview. We make competitive offers and do not negotiate against candidates who have honestly shared their expectations. We are a compensation firm. We are aware of the irony of behaving otherwise.

What Success Looks Like In Year One

• Shadow at least two client-facing interactions to build understanding of how ACPWB presents its work
• Produce at least one deliverable component that requires no significant revision from a senior reviewer
• Take ownership of at least one recurring team responsibility — a data update, a tracking log, a template — and execute it reliably
• Develop working proficiency with ACPWB's primary data platforms and benchmarking tools

Applications for this position are being accepted through September 5, 2026.