Overview

Salary Assessor by ERI (Economic Research Institute) is a robust online compensation planning tool offering instant access to employer-reported salary survey data. It enables HR professionals to benchmark pay across job titles, industries, locations, and organization sizes. The platform supports creation of hybrid job roles, exportable PDF and Excel reports, and advanced customization—including experience, certifications, shift differentials, and pay equity analysis.

Features and Capabilities

• Benchmarking & Reporting: Instantly compare base, incentive, and total compensation at multiple percentiles; generate detailed PDF or Excel outputs.
• Hybrid Job Modeling: Create custom job blends by combining multiple roles with weighted responsibilities for tailored benchmarking.
• Customization: Adjust compensation data based on years of experience, revenue/assets, skills, education, certifications (including security clearances), shift types, and number of direct reports.
• Pay Equity & Shift Differentials: Evaluate compensation across protected groups and apply premiums for evening, night, or swing shifts.
• Cost of Living & Labor Differentials: Analyze regional pay variations, minimum wage data for U.S./Canada, and create user-defined labor market areas.
• Data Integration & Survey Management: Import up to 500 internal jobs at once, manage external/internal surveys alongside ERI’s database, and trend data to historical or future planning dates.
• Security & Analytics: Built with expert-validated, double-audited data and Ph.D.-level statistical rigor across over 43,000 job titles, 10,000 global locations, and 1,100 industries.