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ERI has the tools that HR and compensation professionals need to properly set wages, determine the cost of labor, develop lasting pay structures and so much more.

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Reimagine the way you salary plan

ERI provides a massive compensation database, but we also offer state-of-the-art compensation software to analyze the database and fit your needs as a compensation professional. See our salary software features below.

Global Locations

Jobs

1.9M

Organizations

Industries

Compensation

Compensation Data

Find market rates for jobs by location, industry, and size
Customize compensation rates based on experience, revenue/assets, shift differentials, skills, education, and certifications (including clearances)
Benchmark base salary, incentive, long-term incentive, and total cash at various percentiles
Analyze executive compensation

Salary Survey Data

Access ERI’s robust databases
Upload and manage all your salary surveys in one place
Automatically combine surveys using a selection of accepted methods
Integrate newly calculated market rates with your data to determine market adherence
Analyze survey data and export customized reports
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Planning

Compensation Management

Manage complex compensation plans from initial planning to final employee communication
Allow managers to review and set merit increases/incentives within the system while ensuring HR guidance and control
Automatically apply complex performance plans, incentive plans, and market data to individual employees

Survey Management

Upload and manage all your salary surveys in one place
Automatically combine surveys using a selection of accepted methods
Integrate newly calculated market rates with your data to determine market adherence
Create hybrid jobs to customize positions for your specific business needs

Location Solutions

Cost of Labor and Cost of Living Differentials

Cost of living and cost of labor analyses across multiple cities worldwide
Track current and scheduled minimum wage changes across the U.S. and Canada
User-defined regions
Comparisons by salary percentages or pay periods with the ability to save lists for future use

Compensation News Alerts

Minimum Wage Alerts: Cities and states are constantly updating minimum wage regulations. We will alert you if one of your employees drops below a local minimum wage rate.
FLSA Alerts: Cities and states are constantly updating FLSA overtime exemption regulations. We will alert you if one of your employees appears to be in violation of a regulation.

What’s New

Analyze salaries by level or size in the Global Salary Calculator and extended geographic database locations in the Salary Assessor.
Easily assign multiple Employee Lists to managers and share data between users on the same account in Compensation Management.
View total compensation data in the Salary Assessor, including long-term incentives and equity compensation.
Give a single user account-level administration functionality over other users within the same account.
Store and retrieve data about internal jobs, easily match jobs, and export customized job descriptions.
Use number of employees as the organization size metric for any industry in the Salary Assessor.
View Economic Indicators in all subscriptions of the Geographic Assessor.
Get Estimated Per Diems and City Reports in the Geographic Assessor.
View survey data on benefits offered, health care coverage, and paid time off (PTO) in the Salary Assessor’s new Benefits page.
Upload pay grade structures with multiple jobs and manage geographic markets in Compensation Management.

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More Software Highlights

Export state and local Pay Transparency rules to Excel from the Geographic Assessor’s Minimum Wage application.
View year-over-year salary growth rates to track hot jobs in U.S. markets.
Share custom lists, including Compensation Management and Survey Management lists, with other users on the same account.
Analyze geographic salary differentials using updated Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs) in ERI’s Geographic Assessor.
Identify issues with internal compensation at the job or employee level, check for pay compression, and examine pay equity for protected groups.
Apply shift differentials for day, evening, or swing shifts.
Stack up to three certifications and three skill premiums per job.
Add security clearances and modify education levels to customize your compensation analyses for specific jobs.
Create hybrid jobs and hybrid industries.
Plan merit increases, incentive plans, discretionary incentives, and sales incentives.
Export customized salary planning reports for various departments.
Participate in individual salary and benefits surveys.

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Why Trust ERI’s Data

The accuracy of our compensation data is our number one priority since thousands of companies rely on ERI’s data for their compensation planning needs. For over 30 years, ERI has been focused on researching compensation by aggregating salary survey data and integrating that data into our custom salary products. Our only business is data. We have no conflict of interest from consulting or contracting, which allows us to stay independent and focused on providing objective data. We employ Ph.D. level data scientists and seasoned compensation professionals who provide an unrivaled level of expertise. ERI’s salary survey database is massive and spans over 10,000 jobs in more than 9,000 different locations.

Advanced analytics, such as machine learning, longitudinal analysis, and meta-analysis, are all part of our state-of-the-art methodology, which enables us to understand how each job fits into its organization, location, and industry. Compensation data sourced from internal surveys, third-party surveys, and public sources provide a robust sample that is second to none in terms of volume and quality. Our constantly updated database allows us to determine how market forces influence each job title’s compensation. Convergent validation has shown 99% agreement between Salary Assessor results and time-matched survey responses.

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Salary Survey Process

Survey Participation

Each year, we open a participation window from October to April. During that time, we reach out to companies and give them the opportunity to participate and contribute their salary survey data and benefits information.

Salary Data Review

After data collection is complete, the salary data are reviewed by our Ph.D. statisticians for quality and consistency. If there are any salary data discrepancies, participating organizations are contacted for clarification and correction.

Salary Survey Results

After the salary data are collected and verified, summary statistics (such as mean salary data) are calculated, and the results are published for customers to utilize.