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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.
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)
| Role | Incumbents | Market Median | Target P50 | Variance to P50 | % Below | % Above | Criticality |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 incumbentNew-hire premium has compressed existing incumbents.4%threshold 7%
- Internal promotion (P4→P5) avg liftPromotion 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-L5n=60. Not significant-1.1%
Recommended Next Steps
Invest where it matters most.
Focus on the highest risk exposures that drive retention, equity, and market competitiveness.