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5️⃣ Rewards
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Written by Jessie Walsh
Updated over a week ago

🚇 On this page: Index of metrics contained in the Reward chapter.

Related pages:

Overview

Your organization can provide a variety of rewarding experiences to its employees. But the metrics in this story chapter are about a particular kind of reward, the one people talk about when they rub two fingers against their thumb.


Access the Rewards Chapter

You can access the Stories page through the link in the global navigation bar at the top of every page. You can also use the search box to find a specific metric or story chapter.

The top of the Stories page will display all the available Chapters so you can click the one you want to see.


Rewards metrics

Overview metrics

Rewards overview metrics are metrics you can see at a glance. Metrics are now in textual form. By clicking bolded text or the avatars, a list with names, teams/locations, and the date of starting/leaving will appear.

⏳ Overview metrics are not affected by the time filter.

Metrics included:

  • Headcount cost

    Total headcount cost in the organization.

  • Median annual salary

    Median annual salary in the organization.

  • Minimum annual salary

    Minimum annual salary in the organization.

  • Maximum annual salary

    Maximum annual salary in the organization.

Cost

Median Raise Percentage

A metric within the Rewards story chapter.

Definition

Median Raise Percentage shows the median percentage of salary increases/decreases within a specific time frame.

Insight to

It provides an insight into the salary growth rate in your organization and headcount cost increase. It can be used for salary forecasting, internal and external benchmarking, and identifying outliers.

How we calculate this

Median Raise Percentage(T) = We extract the midline raise from the whole spectrum of pay raises for selected period T.

Source data

Extracted from HRIS

🚑 Problem with source data? See Data Health 101 for remedies.

Available filters

  • Age

  • Department

  • Division

  • Employment Type

  • Race/Ethnicity

  • Gender

  • Generation

  • Location

  • Manager

  • Role

  • Team

  • Tenure

Headcount Cost

A metric within the Rewards story chapter.

Definition

Headcount Cost shows the total spend of the organization on employees. The total cost is split into different costs due to (1) current salaries, (2) promotions, and (3) new hires. (4) Turnover Cost Deduction is the amount of money deducted due to turnover for a specific period.

Insight to

Since labor cost represents one of the highest operating expenses for any organization, this metric can be compared to the total operating cost to provide an insight into how much of your total operating cost is being allocated to labor cost. To interpret results dismantling what your rate means will heavily depend on your business values, practices and goals.

How we calculate this

Total Cost = sum of monthly current employees’ salaries, promotions of current employees, and new hires’ salaries

Current Salaries Cost = sum of monthly current employees’ salaries

Promotions Cost = sum of salary increases for current employees

New Hires Cost = sum of new hires’ salaries

Turnover Cost Deduction = sum of salaries for leaving employees

Source data

Extracted from HRIS:

  • Compensation history effective start date

  • Compensation history effective end date

  • Compensation history effective amount

  • Compensation history effective currency

  • Compensation history effective period

  • Employees employment start date

  • Employees employment end date

  • Variable payment effective date

  • Variable payment effective amount

  • Variable payment effective currency

🚑 Problem with source data? See Data Health 101 for remedies.

Available filters

  • Age

  • Department

  • Division

  • Employment Type

  • Race/Ethnicity

  • Gender

  • Generation

  • Location

  • Manager

  • Role

  • Team

  • Tenure

Pay Mix

A metric within the Rewards story chapter.

Definition

Pay Mix represents the ratio of fixed pay to other variable types of pay such as bonus and equity.

Insight to

This metrics shows you the distribution of different compensation strategies across your company and can be used when planning your total rewards strategy.

How we calculate this

Pay Mix is calculated as a ratio of sum of variable payments to sum of base salaries on a monthly level.

Source data

Extracted from HRIS:

  • Compensation history effective date

  • Compensation history effective end date

  • Compensation history effective amount

  • Compensation history effective currency

  • Compensation history effective period

  • Variable payment effective date

  • Variable payment effective amount

  • Variable payment effective currency

🚑 Problem with source data? See Data Health 101 for remedies.

Available filters

  • Age

  • Department

  • Division

  • Employment Type

  • Race/Ethnicity

  • Gender

  • Generation

  • Location

  • Manager

  • Role

  • Team

  • Tenure

Pay Distribution

Internal Compensation Equity

A metric within the Rewards story chapter.

Definition

Internal Compensation Equity shows the spread of pay per job role and seniority levels.

Insight to

Use this metric to ensure that employees within organization are paid fairly versus each other.

How we calculate this

The box plot represents the range of salaries between the first quartile i.e. Q1 - 1.5 times the interquartile range, and the third quartile i.e. Q3 + 1.5 times the interquartile range. The numbers in the blobs represent all the outliers out of the aforementioned range.

Source data

Extracted from HRIS:

  • Compensation history effective start date

  • Compensation history effective end date

  • Compensation history effective amount

  • Compensation history effective currency

  • Compensation history effective period

🚑 Problem with source data? See Data Health 101 for remedies.

Available filters

  • Age

  • Department

  • Division

  • Employment Type

  • Race/Ethnicity

  • Gender

  • Generation

  • Location

  • Manager

  • Role

  • Team

  • Tenure

Bonus Distribution

A metric within the Rewards story chapter.

Definition

Bonus Distribution shows the spread of bonus size per business unit and job role.

Insight to

Use this metric to understand variable pay distribution within an organization and trends through time. To get a full insight into the efficiency of your compensation, combine the results with the Internal Compensation Equity metric.

How we calculate this

The box plot represents the range of bonuses between the first quartile i.e. Q1 - 1.5 times the interquartile range, and the third quartile i.e. Q3 + 1.5 times the interquartile range. The numbers in the blobs represent all the outliers out of the aforementioned range.

Source data

Extracted from HRIS:

  • Compensation history effective start date

  • Compensation history effective end date

  • Compensation history effective amount

  • Compensation history effective currency

  • Compensation history effective period

🚑 Problem with source data? See Data Health 101 for remedies.

Available filters

  • Age

  • Department

  • Division

  • Employment Type

  • Race/Ethnicity

  • Gender

  • Generation

  • Location

  • Manager

  • Role

  • Team

  • Tenure

Min and Max Pay

A metric within the Rewards story chapter.

Definition

Min and Max Pay is a metric indicating what is the company's minimum pay for the lowest grade and maximum for the highest grade in a business or demographic unit.

Insight to

It provides and insight to outliers when it comes to equity in compensation for the same demographic unit.

How we calculate this

Min and Max Pay is calculated by simply taking the lowest and highest monthly salary.

Source data

Extracted from HRIS:

  • Compensation history effective start date

  • Compensation history effective end date

  • Compensation history effective amount

  • Compensation history effective currency

  • Compensation history effective period

🚑 Problem with source data? See Data Health 101 for remedies.

Available filters

  • Age

  • Department

  • Division

  • Employment Type

  • Race/Ethnicity

  • Gender

  • Generation

  • Location

  • Manager

  • Role

  • Team

  • Tenure

Each entry includes a definition, calculation method, the origin of source data, and a list of available filters.

Note: We use https://fixer.io/ as our third-party solution for all exchange rates and currency conversions.


Source of metrics

Metrics for the Rewards chapter are extracted from your HRIS.

The metrics will only show up if you connected the required external data sources to your People Analytics account. If the data required to construct a specific metric is missing, a placeholder is displayed instead:

☝️ Example of a placeholder pointing out a missing metric

If you need help, follow the instructions to connect external data sources to your People Analytics account.

🚑 To get accurate and reliable metrics and filters, make sure your source data is in good shape. See more in the Data Health 101 guide.


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