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Data Methodology and Process

Salary.com provides a choice of compensation data services to help businesses plan, model and execute competitive pay policies and programs. Salary.com manages distinct datasets to meet the unique needs of both businesses and consumers. For employers, Salary.com provides a choice of either dedicated data management services or aggregated market data services. In the process of developing our comprehensive data bases, Salary.com draws from and combines data from hundreds of professionally-conducted surveys of corporate HR departments. For consumers, Salary.com provides employer-reported benchmarks to determine the salary range for their title and job description.

Dedicated Client Data Services. Salary.com provides dedicated compensation management services for individual clients in which client's HR payroll data and their proprietary compensation surveys are centralized in a secure, searchable on-line repository complete with pay analytic software. For these clients, Salary.com acts as an agent handling data on its clients behalf and ensuring that such data is never shared with others.

Aggregated Corporate Data Services. Salary.com offers an aggregated compensation database comprised of HR Payroll data, surveys on best practices and incentive pay, U.S. Proxy Data and Salary.com proprietary, employer-reported surveys for specific jobs (e.g., Six Sigma Positions). This data service offers clients the opportunity to benchmark and market price with one comprehensive market database and on-demand pay analytics.

Consumer Data Services. Salary.com provides the market leading SalaryWizard tool that provides consumers with the opportunity to market price their job against employer-reported data. We follow the benchmarking process and principles outlined by WorldatWork's certified compensation professional program.

For all our compensation data services, Salary.com guarantees comprehensive datasets compiled from employer-reported market data and proxy data and verified by our team of certified compensation professionals to deliver to our customers the highest level of data accuracy, timeliness and quality.

Data at Salary.com
Salary.com also identifies and tracks non-traditional sources of compensation data trends and new business ideas. These non-traditional sources help provide insights into employee and employer perception gaps such as 2006 Job Satisfaction and Retention Survey or engaging human interest stories such as our proprietary work on the worth of a mother's job.

“I think Salary.com is the best source for compensation data - both for individuals and employers!”
Jeri Jorgenson, HR Manager, Electronic Systems, Inc.
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