The Executive Compensation Assessor®

ERI SalaryExpert’s Executive Compensation Assessor makes executive compensation benchmarking easy. Utilize our executive compensation database to review executive salary data, bonuses, non-equity incentives, stock awards, option awards, pension, and other executive compensation.
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ERI Executive Compensation Assessor
The Executive Assessor is part of ERI's Assessor Platform

Compare executive salaries from around the world

Utilize our executive compensation solutions to help you create competitive compensation packages
and attract top talent. Analyze and compare C-suite total compensation with executive compensation
survey data for similar companies and other top executives.

Executive Pay Data We Provide

  • Salary: Fixed annual cash
  • Incentive: Annual variable cash
  • Total Cash: Salary plus annual variable cash
  • Long Term: Payouts from multi-year cash plans plus the grant date value of equity awards for those executives earning some form of long-term incentive
  • Total Direct: Total annual cash compensation plus the value of long-term incentives
  • Total: Total Direct plus payments to deferred compensation plans and other perquisites

Other Compensation Factors

In addition to this, the Survey & Proxy Analyses page provides estimates for Salary, Bonus, Nonequity, Total Cash, Stock Awards, Option Awards, Pension, and Other for top jobs.

  • Bonus
  • Nonequity
  • Total Cash
  • Stock Awards
  • Option Awards
  • Pension
  • And More
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Executive Compensation Definitions

Salary: Annual fixed cash compensation paid to executives.
Bonus: Discretionary cash payments made in addition to regular salary.
Nonequity: Performance-based compensation paid as cash rather than equity.
Total Cash: Salary plus annual variable cash.
Stock Awards: Annual grant date fair value of all full-value equity awards including RSAs, RSUs, etc.
Option Awards: The grant-date fair value reflecting contractual rights to purchase company stock at a fixed price.
Pension: The incremental change in pension value and above-market earnings in NQDC plans.
Other: Excess benefits and perquisites greater than $10,000.

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Future-proof your compensation strategy with the Assessor Platform, powered by ERI. Get access to verified compensation insights updated every six weeks, empowering you to strategically price jobs and build compensation packages designed for a dynamic market. Learn more about our products.

  • Access comprehensive solutions from benchmarking and pay equity to compliance and global compensation management.
  • Use our robust database to analyze compensation for niche to hybrid roles in over 1,100 industry sectors, supporting organizations from SMEs to Fortune 500 companies.
  • Seamlessly integrate with your HRIS or securely upload employee data to efficiently plan and manage compensation across your entire organization.
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Salary Survey Process

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Survey Participation

During October to April, we reach out to companies to participate and contribute their salary survey data and benefits information.
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Salary Data Review

The salary data is reviewed by our Ph.D. statisticians for quality and consistency.
Salary Data Review
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Salary Survey Results

After the salary data are collected and verified, summary statistics are calculated, and the results are published for customers to utilize.
Salary Survey Results
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