Compensation Glossary
Welcome to SalaryExpert's compensation glossary, your resource for commonly used terms, formulas, and phrases related to compensation.
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Cost of Labor
Job Family
Compa-Ratio
Foreign Earned Income Exclusion
Stock Option Incentive
Gender Pay Gap
FICA
Linear Regression
Aging Survey Data
Year of Service
Benchmark Job
Broadbanding
Mix
Mean
Step Rates
Sales Compensation
Defined Contribution Plans
Annual Incentive
Shift Differentials
Black-Scholes Model Z
Total Rewards
Quartile
Standard Error of Estimate
Internal Equity
Salary Range
Bonus
Percentile
Hours of Work
Promotional Increase
Mode
Consumer Price Index (CPI)
Minimum Wage
Turnover
Lead Pay Structure Policy
Range Spread
Pay Range Overlap
Defined Benefit Plans
Salary Grade
Restricted Stock
Demotion
Market Index
Coefficient of Determination
Job Evaluation
Median
Standard Deviation
Market Based Salary Increase Budget
Midpoint Progression
Benchmarking
Compensable Factors
Pay Equity
Merit Increase
Range Penetration
Long-Term Incentive Plan
Lead-Lag Pay Structure Policy
Works Council
Green Circle Rate
Range
Pay Grade
General Salary Increase
Salary Structure Change
Cost of Living
Red Circle Rate
Lump Sum Merit
Individual Retirement Account (IRA)
Lag the Market
Market Pricing
Geographic Differential
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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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