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QUESTION:  What do the "total cash" amounts represent?

 

In the Assessor Series, ERI uses the term Total Cash as follows:

 

The Salaries by Experience/Size tab in the Salary Assessor profiles the Base Salary, Total Cash, and Incentive data of a specific position.

 

The Individual Profile tab in the Executive Compensation Assessor profiles the Base Salaries, Total Cash, and Incentive data of a specific position. For the top six jobs in the Executive Compensation Assessor, information on these compensation components is provided under the Survey and Proxy Analysis tab.  This tab provides Salary, Bonus, Non Equity, Total Cash, Stock Awards, Option Awards, Pension, Other, and Total. 

 

It is important to note how ERI uses the heading of Total Cash. In both the Salary Assessor and Executive Compensation Assessor, Total Cash refers to the base salary plus incentive (or annual variable cash).

 

For a definition of "base salary," see Assessor Series FAQ #36.

 

For a definition of "incentive," see Assessor Series FAQ #14.

 

For the purposes of Distance Learning Center courses, the following definitions apply:

 

Total Annual Cash Compensation is defined as, "The sum of all cash payments made to an individual for services during a given year."

 

For more definitions of compensation terms, please see the Online Business Glossary provided by the ERI Distance Learning Center.