Compensation Benchmarking
Data-driven salary analysis and market pricing to ensure you're paying competitively within your industry and beyond
Know What Your Talent Is Worth
Are you paying too much? Too little? Without reliable benchmarking data, you're guessing—and that guessing costs you either margin or talent. Our compensation benchmarking service provides clear, data-driven answers by comparing your pay practices against competitors in your industry and across adjacent markets.
We analyze base salaries, bonuses, equity, and total rewards packages across every level of your organization—from entry-level positions to executive leadership. Our reports include market percentile positioning, pay equity analysis by gender and ethnicity, geographic differentials for multi-state employers, and actionable recommendations to close gaps.
Whether you're preparing for a funding round, navigating high turnover, or building a compensation philosophy from scratch, our benchmarking data gives you the confidence to make smart pay decisions. We leverage industry-leading survey data from sources like Mercer, Radford, Payscale, and the Bureau of Labor Statistics to deliver insights you can trust.
What We Offer
- Industry and cross-industry salary benchmarking
- Total rewards analysis (base, bonus, equity, benefits)
- Pay equity audits by gender, ethnicity, and role
- Executive compensation analysis
- Geographic pay differential modeling
- Compensation structure and band design
- Market pricing for new and existing roles
- Custom compensation philosophy development
Common Compensation Challenges
Without data-driven compensation strategies, organizations face costly talent and compliance risks.
Salary Compression
New hires earning close to or more than tenured employees, causing resentment and turnover among your most experienced staff.
Pay Equity Gaps
Unintentional disparities across gender, race, or role that expose your organization to discrimination claims and regulatory penalties.
Losing Top Talent
Below-market compensation packages driving your best performers to competitors who offer more competitive total rewards.
Inconsistent Pay Decisions
Managers making ad-hoc salary offers without market data, creating internal inequities and budget overruns.
Outdated Salary Structures
Compensation bands that haven't been updated in years, failing to reflect current labor market conditions and inflation.
Executive Compensation Complexity
Structuring competitive executive packages with base salary, bonuses, equity, and deferred compensation without overpaying.
Our Compensation Benchmarking Process
A systematic, data-driven approach to building competitive and equitable compensation structures.
Job Architecture Review
We analyze your job descriptions, leveling framework, and organizational structure to establish clean job families and career levels.
Market Data Collection
We pull compensation data from multiple industry-leading surveys matched to your geography, industry, and company size.
Pay Equity Analysis
We conduct statistical analysis across demographics and roles to identify pay gaps and develop remediation recommendations.
Structure Design & Implementation
We build salary ranges, bonus targets, and total rewards frameworks with implementation timelines and manager training.
Compensation Success Story
The Challenge
A 400-employee financial services firm was losing senior analysts and portfolio managers to competitors. Exit interviews consistently cited below-market compensation. Internal salary compression meant new hires earned within 5% of 10-year veterans.
Our Solution
We conducted a comprehensive market analysis using three industry-specific salary surveys, rebuilt the job architecture with clear career levels, performed a pay equity audit, and designed new salary bands with merit increase guidelines tied to performance ratings.
The Result
Voluntary turnover among senior staff dropped 42% within 12 months. The company closed a 7% gender pay gap across comparable roles. Manager satisfaction with the compensation framework increased to 91%, and the firm saved an estimated $1.2M in annual recruiting costs.
Ready to Build a Competitive Compensation Strategy?
Get a data-driven compensation analysis that helps you attract top talent, retain your best people, and ensure pay equity compliance.
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