GEOGRAPHIC ASSESSOR®
Geographic Salary Differentials
ERI’s Geographic Assessor software makes it easy to calculate geographic cost of labor and cost of living differentials. Use the geographic wage differential data to set branch office salary structures, calculate adjustments for cost of living differences, and more.
Our Data
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What's New
- Customize geographic differentials to a selected industry sector in the Cost of Labor List.
- Search by latitude & longitude (U.S. only) for Minimum Wage data.
- Get cost-of-living data in Estimated Per Diems and City Reports.
- Export state and local Pay Transparency rules to Excel from the Minimum Wage application.
- Specify wage types to export in the Minimum Wage application.
- Use predefined lists in the Comparison Lists: All Major U.S. Cities, Available U.S. Counties, All U.S. MSA Regions, or All U.S. Postal Codes.
- View Economic Indicators (local CPI, unemployment rates, etc.) in all subscriptions of the Geographic Assessor.
- Modify assumptions or view default assumptions by salary level in the updated Comparison List – COL.
- Analyze both Cost of Labor and Cost of Living for renters or homeowners.
- Includes 3 new cities in Slovenia (effective April 1, 2026).
ERI’s Assessor Platform
Manage every detail of compensation with confidence, from planning to implementation. Ensure that employee pay and benefits are fair, transparent, and aligned with business goals – all in one solution. Learn more about ERI’s Assessor Platform Features.
- Get accurate, reliable, and current salary data, with new datasets released every six weeks.
- From onboarding to consulting, we provide expert services for organizations of any size.
- Easily integrate with your HRIS to streamline compensation management.
Current Features
Compare Cost of Labor
Compare Cost of Living
Minimum Wage for All Locations
Calculate Cost of Labor Differentials
What You Get
Cost of Labor Comparison
Cost of Labor Comparison
- Build a list of cities from our database for cost of labor analyses
- Make cost of labor comparisons for these cities against a base city
- Use the geographic pay differentials calculator in user-defined areas
- Adjust salary levels to generate an analysis that is relevant to your business
- Display the comparisons by salary percentages or pay periods and save the list for future use
- Determine remote worker pay based on local labor costs
Cost of Living Comparison
Cost of Living Comparison
- Build a list of cities from our database for cost of living analysis
- Benchmark the cost of living of these cities to your base city
- Set different salary levels to compare with cost of living data
- Compare the cost of living and cost of labor across cities in various countries worldwide
- Export reports to PDF or Excel
Area Comparisons
Area Comparisons
- Calculate the equivalent salary in a destination area based on the current area using City, County, State, Metro or National results
- Easily compare cost of labor vs. cost of living
- Compare salaries in cities to the national average
- Select different currencies for more accurate and applicable comparison
- Calculate geographic salary differentials between cities
Other Features
Other Features
- Look up city, county, and state/provincial minimum wages in the US and Canada, including minimum salary thresholds
- Examine state and local Pay Transparency rules
- View a map of the locations available in ERI’s Assessor Series
- Access historical census job family data
- Compare estimated per diems for up to 50,000 cities at once
- Get housing costs, hardship/danger pay, gasoline prices, and more for 95 major business cities
A Deeper Dive Into Compensation
Safeguarding Your Data
ERI Completes SOC 2® Audit
ERI is committed to the security of customer information and, in turn, the long-term success of your business. By successfully completing our SOC 2 examination, we continue to manage customer data based on the five Trust Services Criteria, developed by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA): security, availability, processing integrity, confidentiality, and privacy.
ERI is committed to the security of customer information and, in turn, the long-term success of your business. By successfully completing our SOC 2 examination, we continue to manage customer data based on the five Trust Services Criteria, developed by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA): security, availability, processing integrity, confidentiality, and privacy.
ERI’s Geographic Assessor allows you to compare the cost of labor easily for over 9,000 locations. Build a list of multiple cities to compare and adjust salary levels to find the relevant cost of labor data for your business. Pull cost of labor data by neighborhood, city, and state to benchmark pay in a specific market. Use our geographic pay differential calculator to find accurate geographic salary data and ensure that compensation is competitive.
ERI’s cost of living calculator gives you the ability to compare the cost of living between two different locations based on earnings level, home size, homeownership or rental, family size, number of autos, and automobile value. Access ERI’s robust database to determine relocation allowances for employees moving to new locations. Use our international cost of living calculator to help calculate actual living costs worldwide.
Contact sales to learn more about our cost of living features
ERI is constantly updating minimum wage data for the United States and Canada, with current and projected rates that can be viewed using the interactive map or by searching by either ZIP code or latitude & longitude. Easily view, compare, and export minimum wage rates at the city, county, state/province, and federal level to plan branch office pay.
ERI also tracks minimum wage rates by industry, organization size, job type, and more to ensure that companies stay compliant with specific regulations in cities, municipalities, and states/provinces.
Salaries can vary significantly depending on where a job is located. Dig into geographic differentials to easily budget pay in multiple locations worldwide. Refer to our cost of labor index to benchmark labor costs and compare rates by city, state, country, and more.
Try a demo to see how easy it is to find cost of labor differentials