Compensation & Total Rewards

Pay that's fair, competitive & defensible

How I approach compensation, evaluating roles, pricing them against the market, building salary structures, validating incentives, and checking equity. Below are interactive views of the analysis I run, rebuilt here so you can explore the methodology.

Sample data: illustrative figures to demonstrate method & visualization, not real employer data.
01

Job Evaluation

Size roles with Korn Ferry / Hay and point methodology to set defensible internal grades.

02

Market Pricing

Benchmark against Mercer, KPMG & CostMine surveys to position pay to market.

03

Salary Structures

Design grade ranges (min, mid, max) and place employees within them.

04

Variable Pay

Validate monthly & quarterly incentive payouts with finance and cross-functional teams.

05

Pay Equity

Review median pay across groups to surface and close unexplained gaps.

06

Comp Cycle

Support the Annual Compensation Review with budget, market & performance analysis.

Roles benchmarked

104

vs market surveys

Salary grades

6

min · mid · max

Avg comp-ratio

1.01

target ≈ 1.00

Pay equity gap

1.8%

after review

Salary structure by grade

Range (min to max) per grade with the market midpoint marked · $000s

Pay vs market by job family

Internal median indexed to market median (= 100)

Job evaluation factor profile

Hay factor scores, Analyst vs Manager role

Comp ratio distribution

Share of employees by pay position within range

Pay equity review

Median comp index by employee group (parity = 100)

Korn Ferry / HayPoint methodMercerKPMG CostMineSAP SuccessFactorsAdvanced Excel