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5 Steps to Building a
Modern
Compensation Plan
Diane Schuman
Customer Training Specialist
Krystal Praast
Compensational Professional II
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54 Million Salary Profiles
250 Compensable Factors
15,000 Positions 6,000 Customers 2,300 Skills
Hi, We’re PayScale!
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Diane Schuman, CAPM
Customer Training Specialist
Krystal Praast, CCP
Compensation Professional II
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What are the benefits of having a comp plan?
Fairness Communication Alignment
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Elements of a Comp Plan
 Philosophy
 Strategy
 Guidelines (eg pay ranges)
 Policies
 Processes
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have done a market study in the past
year. 25% in the past six months
have no compensation structure
(ranges, grades, etc)
have a compensation strategy. 34%
are developing one.
Source: PayScale’s 2017 CBPR
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1. Lay the Groundwork
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Gain Buy-in From Executives
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Develop a Clear Compensation Philosophy
If You Believe Employees Are Your Most Valuable Asset…Pay Fairly
If You Have a Fast-Paced Organization…Examine Pay Frequently
If You Value Open Communication…Prove It
If You Give Your Managers Autonomy…Support Them
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Start Getting Your Jobs in Order
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2. Define Compensation
Strategy
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Where Do You Compete For Talent?
Industry: IT Services
Size: 200 EEs
Location: Seattle, WA
One Talent Market Multiple Markets
Industry: IT Services
Size: 10,000 EEs
Location: Seattle, WA
Industry: IT Services
Size: 200 EEs
Location: Seattle, WA
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What do you want to
reward?
How competitive do you
have to be?
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3. Select Market Data
Source(s)
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Comp Data Landscape for Employers
 Traditional surveys
 Industry surveys
 Data aggregators
 HRIS or internal data
 Government data
 Crowdsourced data
 “Scraped” data
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Traditional and Industry Surveys
Source: http://www.rsna.org/NewsDetail.aspx?id=14256
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Crowdsourced
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Make sure it covers your data needs
Breadth
Precision
Age
Ease
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4. Set Pay Guidelines
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Pay Guidelines
Range MidpointMinimum Maximum
$20,000 $32,000
$26,000
Green-Circled Employees Red-Circled Employees
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Pay Ranges vs. Pay Grades
Grade: Multiple ranges are
arranged mathematically, jobs
are assigned to grades
Range: A min, mid, and max
assigned to a job
MidMin Max
$20K $32K
$26K
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Assign Jobs to Grades
Match market value with nearest midpoint
Adjust for internal alignment
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Determine the Shape of Your Structure
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5. Implement the Plan
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The PayScale Pay Transparency Spectrum
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Develop Policies & Processes
Processes:
 Adding or evaluating a job
 Market Study
 Budget
 Increase cycle
 New hire process (pay)
 Promotion process
Policies:
 Increases
 New Hire
 Promotion
 Outliers
 Eligibility
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Immediate Actions
• Clarify business goals and priorities to align comp
• Identify culture aspects to amplify with comp
• Start tracking where you recruit from or lose people to
• Familiarizing yourself with data sources that cover your needs
• Build pay ranges for your top 10 jobs
You will get from Compference:
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Customer Presentations
Peer Networking
Breakout Sessions
Phenomenal Speakers
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CONNECT with more than 700 like-minded compensation and
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PARTICIPATE in an active discussions forum covering everything
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LEARN best practices and product tips from power users and
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