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FAQs Common to Multiple Assessor Series Applications

1. Where do the numbers for salaries and wages come from?

2. Where do the numbers for cost of living come from?

3. What is the difference between wage and cost-of-living differentials?

4. How is wage data compiled, and how old is the survey data used?

5. How is a job selected for inclusion? What is the sample size?

6. What salary surveys are used?

7. How many incumbents are there?

8. How is salary survey data weighted?

9. How can ERI report salaries by years of experience when some surveys don't?

10. What is statistical analysis?

11. Can I use this data as evidence for expert witness work?

12. Different types of job descriptions

13. Is wage data only from non-union employers?

14. What do the "incentive" amounts represent?

15. Why isn't the exempt status displayed?

16. Is data normalized to a 2080-hour year?

17. Changing the organization size type

18. Setting the salary planning date backwards; pro-rata figure

19. Why can't I find a certain position?

20. Education levels in position descriptions

21. How should I compare pay in different countries?

22. National Average - How is it computed? Why is it different from others sources?

23. Accessing data for one quarter; quarter-to-quarter comparisons

24. Is revenue "gross" or "net"?

25. Do any of the Assessors have a separate component for "security clearance" in the salary amounts?

26. What is the difference between User-Defined and Manual Averages?

27. How high up in pay do geographic pay differentials extend?

28. Are commissions included in compensation for sales positions?

29. How do you define "assets"?

30. Why is the ERI Closest Matching City found in a ZIP code search different than the Post Office City listed?

31. How are data from multiple salary surveys combined in the Assessor Series?

32. Does ERI collect data on "per visit" compensation?

33. Does ERI report target sales compensation?

34. What is the relationship between executive cash compensation in privately-held versus publicly-traded companies?

35. Why is organization size important when analyzing compensation?

36. What do the "base salary" amounts represent?

37. What do the "total cash" amounts represent?

38. Why don't you show pay figures for all public jobs?

39. Why are results different when comparing the XA and CA?

40. How can I ensure that ZIP codes are formatted correctly in Excel for use in an Assessor Series application?

41. How is the Comparison List - COL in the Geographic Assessor different from the COL Table by Earnings in the Relocation Assessor?

42. How often is ERI Assessor Series data updated?

 

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