Additional Salary Assessor Topics (Listed Alphabetically)

The Salary Planning table allows you to analyze and plan salary increases for up to 2,500 positions at one time.

The Salary Planning table columns are defined as follows:

•Department -- This column displays the department assigned to the specific employee. For more information about adding, showing/hiding, renaming, deleting, and sorting Departments and Sub-Departments, see Departments.

•Employee Name -- The user enters the employee's name or a unique identifier for the employee here.

•Position Title -- Select from a list of over 7,000 position titles available in the Salary Assessor. Begin typing or double-click on a cell in this column and the Search Jobs screen will appear.

•Survey Estimate -- This is the all incumbent mean, median, or a percentage of the Annual Base Salary for the selected position title (see the Salaries by Experience tab) based on user input in the Details column (see Survey Estimate Details).

•Details -- Double-click on a cell in this column to open the Survey Estimate Details window. Use this screen to customize the value displayed in the Survey Estimate column for a particular employee. See Survey Estimate Details for more information.

•Pay Grade -- This is the salary level assigned to a job through a job evaluation system. Double-click the column header to open the Edit Pay Grades window. Users may edit pay grade tables for use in the Salary Planning table.

•Midpoint -- This is the midpoint of the Pay Grade selected in the previous column.

•Present Salary -- The user inputs the present base salary for the employee in this column.

•Compa Ratio -- This is the ratio of an employee's actual salary (the numerator) to the midpoint of the applicable salary range (the denominator). To calculate an individual's compa ratio, divide the Present Salary by the midpoint of the assigned salary range (see Edit Pay Grades).

•Planned Action -- This is the employee's salary increase expressed in nominal figures. See Planned Action.

•Date of Planned Increase -- This is the calendar date of the increase defined under Planned Action or Percent Increase. Unless changed, this field defaults to the Planning Date (see Data That Affects Salaries).

•New Salary -- This is a calculation of the employee's new salary based on values listed under Present Salary and Planned Action or Percent Increase. See Planned Action.

•Percent Increase -- This is the percent that the employee's salary will increase. It equals the Planned Action divided by the Present Salary, expressed as a percent. See Planned Action.

•Internal Title -- This is the internal title used to identify the employee's position.

•Market Index -- This is an index that is used to calculate an individual or group's market pay by dividing the employee's Present Salary by the Survey Estimate.

•Actual Incentive -- The user inputs the actual incentive for the employee in this column.

•Survey Incentive -- This is the incentive for the selected position title (see the Salaries by Experience tab) based on user input in the Details column (see Survey Estimate Details).

•Performance -- This field allows the user make a note on the employee's performance.

•Employee Location -- This is the specific location of the employee.

•Hire Date -- This is the date of hire for the employee.

To Change the Pay Period

See Pay Period

To Import a Pay Grade Table

See Import Pay Grade Table

To Customize Departments

See Departments

To Import a List of Departments

See Import Departments

To Make Large Scale Changes to Similar Jobs