Additional Executive Compensation Assessor Topics (Listed Alphabetically)

The Job Description window is located in the lower half of the Individual Profile and Benchmark List.

This window displays two tabs:

•Survey Description

•eDOT Description

Survey Description: Various salary surveys may use different titles to describe the same job. ERI researchers carefully compare the level and responsibilities of each survey job to assure proper job matching and compilation of data. ERI has decades of extensive knowledge of salary surveys and job matching. This assures the user that ERI data is of the highest reliability. ERI has prepared composite Survey Descriptions to assist the user in finding job matches in their organization to jobs available in the Salary Assessor. Alternate titles are also included with hyperlinks to quickly select the job. The Survey Description for each job is also displayed in the Browse Jobs screen.

eDOT Description: These descriptions are either those derived by ERI researchers or those originally taken from the latest version of the Dictionary of Occupational Titles (DOT). By default, they consist of two parts: Overview and Typical Functions. The Typical Functions may include both essential functions and marginal functions. Marginal functions describe duties required of workers in some establishments but not in others. Not all descriptions contain marginal functions. Those that are "marginal" are selected because of their use of the verb "may." Please see the Salary Assessor Descriptions section of the Methodology/Disclaimer for more information.

DOT Methodology Note: The methodology used by the Department of Labor in developing DOT job descriptions is described in the following publication:

U.S. Department of Labor, Manpower Administration, Handbook for Analyzing Jobs (Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1972).

This book includes a complete description of the DOL methodology.

See Browse Jobs for more information.

Note: Job descriptions are not available for hybrid jobs. The job description for a hybrid job will display the jobs included and their weighting.