Compensation Glossary
Welcome to SalaryExpert's compensation glossary, your resource for commonly used terms, formulas, and phrases related to compensation.
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Find commonly used compensation terms and formulas for your reference when planning compensation.
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SalaryExpert was launched in 2000 by ERI Economic Research Institute to help organizations and individuals optimize salary planning. Our robust compensation management solution houses the global salary survey data and applications needed to design competitive and effective compensation structures. From benchmarking with reliable market data to analyzing geographic differentials and conducting pay equity analyses, our intelligent platform is an innovative way of merging integral salary survey data with efficient features, all in one system.
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