Staff Compensation Analyst

Tesla

Palo Alto, California Posted October 26, 2026

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On-site Full-time Mid level
Job Description

Description:
We’re hiring a driven Compensation Analyst to design, deploy, and iterate our next-gen compensation program at Tesla. This role would collaborate with developers, business partners, and engineering leaders to ensure the company’s compensation program is custom-built to attract and retain the world’s best talent. The ideal candidate will possess the curiosity to solve difficult problems and the talent to bring solutions to reality. As a key member of the team, this person would be responsible for building and analyzing datasets across internal and external populations, deriving new understandings of trends, and leveraging this knowledge to create new pay programs for employees throughout the company.

Responsibilities:
Apply a product-centric approach to data and reporting that creates a robust framework to deploy compensation programming across the company
Design, build, and maintain data models to ensure data quality, consistency, and accessibility for analysis
Collect, analyze, and present data from the system when provided a subset of potentially unrelated data points/filters to draw conclusions
Effectively communicate data analysis to stakeholders to create programs and drive decisions
Own the development of Tesla's data, reporting, and analytics platforms with business and engineering teams
Ensure successful integration with downstream systems and accurate reporting to stakeholders

Requirements:
Bachelor’s Degree in Data Analytics, Data Science, Statistics, or equivalent experience
Prior relational database experience
Proficiency in SQL and other common query languages
Experience with a statically typed language such as Golang or a dynamically typed language such as Python
Experience with data visualization tools (Tableau, Power BI, etc.)
Critical thinking and a first principles approach to problem solving

Compensation & Benefits:
Benefits

Along with competitive pay, as a full-time Tesla employee, you are eligible for the following benefits at day 1 of hire:
Medical plans > plan options with $0 payroll deduction
Family-building, fertility, adoption and surrogacy benefits
Dental (including orthodontic coverage) and vision plans, both have options with a $0 paycheck contribution
Company Paid (Health Savings Accounts) HSA Contribution when enrolled in the High-Deductible medical plan with HSA
Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
401(k) with employer match, Employee Stock Purchase Plans, and other financial benefits
Company paid Basic Life, AD&D
Short-term and long-term disability insurance (90 day waiting period)
Employee Assistance Program
Sick and Vacation time (Flex time for salary positions, Accrued hours for Hourly positions), and Paid Holidays
Back-up childcare and parenting support resources
Voluntary benefits to include: critical illness, hospital indemnity, accident insurance, theft & legal services, and pet insurance
Weight Loss and Tobacco Cessation Programs
Tesla Babies program
Commuter benefits
Employee discounts and perks program

Expected Compensation
$69,600 - $204,000/annual salary + cash and stock awards + benefitsPay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The total compensation package for this position may also include other elements dependent on the position offered. Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment.

Required Skills
collaboration accessibility data analysis data science statistics SQL Go Python Tableau Power BI critical thinking problem solving compensation
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