Overview

Executive Compensation Assessor® (XA) by ERI empowers compensation professionals to benchmark and analyze executive-level pay. It includes reference data for over 1,800 executive roles across 1,100+ industries and 9,500+ geographic locations. The platform aggregates compensation components—base salary, bonuses, long-term incentives, equity, pension and more—from employer surveys and regulatory filings such as proxies, 10-Ks, and annual reports across North America and Europe. Highly customizable peer-group filters enable benchmarking by industry, company size, location, strategy, and more. Quarterly updates ensure data freshness.

Features and Capabilities

• **Executive benchmarking: **Compare pay for 900–1,800+ executive titles across 1,100+ industries and 9,500+ global locations.
• **Comprehensive comp breakdown: **Includes base salary, bonus, long-term incentive, total direct/total compensation, pension, equity, and other components.
• **Proxy‑based peer analysis: **Access data on 40,000+ executives from US/Canada proxies and European filings; define peer groups based on financial and industry-specific criteria.
• **Data filters & customization: **Segment results by geography, industry, organization size, pay strategy, or planning date. Define custom recruiting areas and share peer group lists with colleagues.
• **Import/export & reporting: **Upload internal salary data and export detailed reports in board-ready PDFs, Excel sheets, and raw proxy data formats.
• **Total comp analytical tools: **Visualize trends, analyze variance, explore compensation probability models, and integrate financial datasets.
• **Frequent updates: **Receive quarterly dataset refreshes and timely updates aligned with market changes.