The Change Years of Experience dialog allows the user to customize the years of experience displayed in the main table. Through data analysis, ERI determines the maximum years of experience for each job. If the user selects a year in the Years of Experience field that exceeds the maturity maximum (the highest number of years that an employee typically works in this job, based on census data) for a given job, then the selected year will not be displayed in the table for that job. Please see the Job Report table to determine the maturity maximum for a given job.
Note: Only those jobs with salaries reported by Years of Experience will be affected by the Years of Experience selection. In the Benchmark List, the Years of Experience selection affects all non-executive jobs in the table; the user cannot select an individual job in the table and adjust the Years of Experience for that particular row. In the Geographic List, the Years of Experience selection is not available when an executive job has been selected. To analyze salaries for a specific job at multiple years of experience at once, please use the Job Report or Advanced Reports table.
Also note: Each non-executive job is assigned a range of Years of Experience. If a year is selected that exceeds the maximum in the range for a particular job, then the table will not display data for that particular job.
To Customize Years of Experience in Job Report
| 1. | From the Job Report: Click the Years of Experience button. This will open the Change Years of Experience dialog. |
| 2. | Enter new values for each row of the table OR use one of these options to modify the table: |
•To Add a Value: Click the Add Experience button and enter a value in the new row.
•To Display the Default Values: Click the Default button.
•To View Data for All Years of Experience: Click the Show All button.
•To Delete a Value: Select a row in the table and click the 
button. A minimum of one value must be displayed.
•To Delete All Values: Click the 
button and reenter a minimum of one new value that falls in between the range minimum and range maximum values available.
| 3. | Click OK to return to the Job Report table. |
Note: Column 1 values in the Job Report table may represent Years of Experience, Revenue, Assets, Fiscal Year Budget, or # of Employees depending on the job title and industry selected in Organization Data.
Also note: If you modify the years of experience displayed in the Job Report, then the customized table will be displayed for all jobs reported by years of experience. To display the default years of experience for a new job, you must select Default (as described in Step 2 above).
To Customize Years of Experience in the Benchmark List or Geographic List
1.From Benchmark List or Geographic List: Click the drop-down menu below Experience/Levels and select a year of experience for the job(s) in the table.
2.If an experience year or level is not selected, then the default is used. The default uses the median year of experience for each individual job in the table.
To Customize Years of Experience in Advanced Reports
| 1. | From Advanced Reports: Click the Years of Experience button. This will open the Change Years of Experience dialog. |
| 2. | Enter new values for each row of the table OR use one of these options to modify the table: |
•To Add a Value: Click the Add Experience button and enter a value in the new row.
•To Display the Default Values: Click the Default button.
•To View Data for All Years of Experience: Click the Show All button.
•To Display Median Years of Experience by Job: Check the box for Median years by job below the table (available in enhanced editions only). This applies only to non-executive jobs.
•To Delete a Value/Row: Select a row in the table and click the button. A minimum of one value must be displayed.
•To Delete All Values: Click the button and reenter a minimum of one new value that falls in between the range minimum and range maximum values available.
| 3. | Click OK to return to the Advanced Reports table. |
Note: Only those jobs with salaries reported by Years of Experience will display these values in the Advanced Reports table.
Background Information
ERI collects data with the use of two-dimension tables. For executive jobs, compensation is compared against the size of an organization (reflecting the fact that larger organizations pay their management more because of their greater responsibilities). For other jobs, rather than record five jobs for just one (such as clerk apprentice, clerk junior, clerk, clerk senior, clerk lead) as is the case with many surveys, ERI plots the requisite median experience for each of these levels and records the data as that of one job over a series of Years of Experience. In 2015, ERI added the ability to analyze compensation for non-executive jobs by a second variable, revenue, due to an increase in the volume of data collected.
Read Data Background FAQ #3 for a definition of "years of experience."
See Job Report Background for more information.
To Customize Organization Size
To Customize Levels
See Change Levels
To Modify the Table
See Modify Table