Compensation Advisory Studio

Pay Risk Investigation Dashboard

Combine market gap, range penetration, compression, and pay-equity findings into one investigation surface to identify and prioritize your highest pay risk exposures.

What This Analysis Does

Unify market, structural, and equity insights to quantify pay risk, reveal drivers, and focus remediation on the highest-impact opportunities.

Required Data
  • Market Pricing (locked)
  • Structures & Ranges (assigned)
  • Employee Demographics
  • Job & Org Hierarchy
  • Pay History (base & bonus)
Key Outputs
  • Enterprise variance to target percentile
  • Critical-role gap & below-range risk
  • Compression hotspots & thresholds
  • Controlled pay-equity findings
  • Risk-prioritized remediation view
Next Recommended Action

Move to Salary Structure Design to widen ranges where structure is the issue, or build Cost Scenarios to size remediation envelopes.

Population Analyzed
126
incumbents in-scope roles illustrative template figure \u2014 not this client\u2019s data
Blended Variance to P50
-5.7%
incumbent-weighted illustrative template figure
Critical Role Gaps
2
illustrative template figure
Below Range Min
14.2%
of in-scope incumbents illustrative template figure
Diagnostic Confidence
MEDIUM
Market pricing confidence at 76%.
Improve confidence by closing Engineering L5 + Product L4 matches.
Medium
Lens
Toggle the aggregation level. Manager-group lens powers HRBP action plans.
The role, compression, and equity tables below are illustrative template figures showing what this investigation looks like when fully wired — they are not this client's data. Of the headline counters above, only those marked (live) come from this client.
Market Gap by Role (level codes)
RoleIncumbentsMarket MedianTarget P50Variance to P50% Below% AboveCriticality
Senior Software Engineer
Engineering / L4
42$168K$178K-5.6%14%0%CRITICAL
Staff Software Engineer
Engineering / L5
18$215K$246K-12.2%28%0%CRITICAL
Senior Product Manager
Product / L4
14$175K$180K-2.8%7%0%HIGH
Senior FP&A Analyst
Finance / L4
9$138K$145K-4.8%0%11%MEDIUM
Senior Account Executive (Base)
Sales / L4
28$110K$115K-4.3%16%4%MEDIUM
Senior HRBP
Human Resources / L5
6$168K$175K-4.0%0%0%LOW
Senior Counsel
Legal / L5
4$215K$232K-7.3%25%0%HIGH
GM — Region
Operations / L6
5$275K$280K-1.8%0%20%HIGH
Incumbents: 126 · In-scope roles: 26
Compression Diagnostics
Medium
  • Senior Engineer (P4) vs Staff Engineer (P5)
    Compression risk: P5 staff promotion only 5% above P4 senior.
    6%
    threshold 12%
  • Manager (M5) vs Director (M6)
    Margin — within tolerance but watch on next cycle.
    11%
    threshold 12%
  • New hire (P4) vs existing 3-yr P4 incumbent
    New-hire premium has compressed existing incumbents.
    4%
    threshold 7%
  • Internal promotion (P4→P5) avg lift
    Promotion lift below market norm. Set policy floor at 10%.
    8%
    threshold 10%
Pay Equity (Regression-Controlled)
High
  • Female ICs vs Male ICs (P3-P5)
    n=86. Significant
    -2.8%
  • URM employees (P3-P5)
    n=52. Not significant
    -1.6%
  • Female managers (M5-M6)
    n=24. Significant
    -3.4%
  • Engineering L4-L5
    n=60. Not significant
    -1.1%
Recommended Next Steps
  • Salary Structure Design
    Widen ranges in Engineering L4-L5 and Sales L4 to reduce below-min exposure and compression risk.
  • Cost Scenarios
    Model remediation envelopes for priority roles and equity gaps to understand investment needs.
Invest where it matters most.

Focus on the highest risk exposures that drive retention, equity, and market competitiveness.