The Total Compensation page provides total cash compensation, long-term incentives, total direct compensation, and total compensation and displays data for the typical mix of pay based on the current job title, organization size (e.g., revenue), and industry selection. It also provides charts describing the likelihood of certain pay components in a given executive’s pay package.
Note: Total Compensation data are only available for areas in the United States. Also, Total Compensation pie charts and bar charts are not available for nonprofit industries.
To Select a Job Title
Begin typing a search string (i.e., the name of the job you are looking for) in the Job Title field and click on the desired job listed OR click the Browse button in the Job Title field to open the Browse Jobs dialog. The Total Compensation page now includes data for all executive and director jobs.
Organization Data
The Executive Compensation Assessor produces two projections for each job: (1) one that is unadjusted (a national value), and (2) the fully adjusted estimate varied by industry, size, geographic area. and time. Because of this, the Executive Compensation Assessor contains the Organization Data panel of queries regarding the nature of the organization in which the jobs exist. To assist with a quick review, the application displays the last inputted data upon startup (initially with the National Average data). Enter general information concerning the subject organization in the Organization Data panel, including the organization name (if it is required on any printouts).
Other adjustments may include:
Area
Click the Browse button in the Area field in the Organization Data panel to open the Browse Areas dialog. Total Compensation data are only available for areas in the United States
Industry
For industry-specific jobs, the selection of an industry code will also alter the resulting estimates of the Executive Compensation Assessor. The application automatically displays an eSIC industry description based on the code selected. To determine the appropriate eSIC number or select from the lists of available industries, use the Industries dialog. Total Compensation pie charts and bar charts are not available for nonprofit industries.
Revenue
This field defaults to Revenue. However, Assets, Fiscal Year Budget (FYB), or # or Employees can be used depending on the eSIC code. The industry selection, or eSIC code, will often affect the organization size choices available. For example, some Finance industries, such as Depository Institutions (eSIC 6000), will be reported by Asset size.
Planning Date
The Planning Date is initially set to the computer's system date, or "today's" date. If this date does not equal the "Database Date," a non-zero Annualized Salary Trend will display. (Only differences greater than or equal to one month have an effect.) All salaries will be adjusted by this percentage to reflect the increase or decrease of salaries due to time. This "Prorated" percentage is compounded monthly. The source of the default annualized salary trend value is the latest ERI Salary Increase Report. See Salary Planning Date.
Note: When any of the top six executive titles is chosen, the default Annualized Salary Trend is not used to trend the data forward or backward; the application uses actual public data to trend it. In this case, the Annualized Salary Trend in Organization Data will display "data driven," and the Adjust button will not appear below the Salary Planning Date. See FAQ #7 for information on setting the salary planning date for the top six executives.
Also note: The Executive Compensation Assessor reports the most recently available data. When you set the Planning Date back in time, the application trends the most recent data to the selected date. It does not pull data from a historical database.
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