Competitive Position® Salary Survey Reports
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Expected Salary Offer
and High - Low Range
Current Rate of Inflation per Year
and High - Low Range
1 Year Raise in $ and %
and High - Low Range
Two-Thirds of all Want Ads have a Salary Offer Between:
High - Low
95% of all Want Ads have a Salary Offer Between:
Top - Bottom
Equivalent Experience in an Alternative Position (If Available): qualified candidates for this particular Job Title may also consider a manager, engineer, administrator or support position (whichever, if any, are applicable) with the SAME Expected Salary Offer but a DIFFERENT Number of Years of Required Experience
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Each salary result in a Salary Survey Report is specified by the Job Title, the Location and the Number of Years and/or Months of Experience.
The Salary Survey Report presents the combined results of a Job Title survey and a geographic adjustment ratio. In the Job Title survey the 'best fit' regression equation between the salary offers and the job characteristics is derived. In the geographic adjustment ratio two Location regression equations are similarly derived. The significance of each regression equation is confirmed by several statistical tests. Details about the specific regression equations are fully documented in each Salary Survey Report. The salary information is calculated by the regression equation for the Job Title and the geographic adjustment ratio at the specified Number of Years and/or Months of Experience.
The Expected Salary Offer is calculated by the Job Title regression equation and the geographic adjustment ratio at the Number of Years and/or Months of Experience. The Expected Salary Offer is: the most likely salary offer made in the marketplace; the average salary offer found in the want ads with the stated job requirements; and, the salary offer that is expected in the marketplace for a candidate well qualified in the requirements for this position.
To construct the 95% Probability Range of the Expected Salary Offer each component of the Job Title regression equation is altered by the product of it's Standard Deviation and the 95% t-Distribution factor. The high, or low, salary offer for each component is added together in such a way to construct two adjusted regression equation calculations that minimize the ranges. The geographic adjustment ratio is applied to both high and low calculations at the Number of Years and/or Months of Experience. There is a 95% probability that the expected salary offer for the entire job market lies within this range.
The Current Rate of Inflation per Year is calculated from the regression equation for the Job Title. The Wage Inflation factor is tabulated for One Year and is then divided by the Expected Salary Offer at the Average number of Years of Required Experience. The inflation factor is the average rate for this position. Since the geographic adjustment ratio is in both parts of the inflation ratio, it factors out of the calculation.
The Raise in Salary Offer with One More Year of Experience is calculated by the Job Title regression equation and the geographic adjustment ratio at the Number of Years and/or Months of Experience plus 1.
The Extreme Limits of a Salary Offer indicate the high and low salary offers at the Number of Years and/or Months of Experience. To construct the Two-Thirds and 95% Probability Ranges each component of the Job Title regression equation is altered by the product of the Standard Deviation and the Two-Thirds or 95% t-Distribution factor respectively. The geographic adjustment ratio is applied to both the Two-Thirds and 95% ranges at the Number of Years and/or Months of Experience.
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Expected Salary Offer
and High - Low Range
Current Rate of Inflation per Year
and High - Low Range
1 Year Raise in $ and %
and High - Low Range
Two-Thirds of all Want Ads have a Salary Offer Between:
High - Low
95% of all Want Ads have a Salary Offer Between:
Top - Bottom
Equivalent Experience in an Alternative Position (If Available): qualified candidates for this particular Job Title may also consider a manager, engineer, administrator or support position (whichever, if any, are applicable) with the SAME Expected Salary Offer but a DIFFERENT Number of Years of Required Experience
The Average Experience Requirement for the Job Title
The High and Low Range of Experience Requirements for the Job Title
Required Skills: the specific position and software/hardware skills, and their keyword variants, required for this Job Title
Other Desired Skills: the additional software/hardware skills, and their keyword variants, required in some want ads of this Job Title
Location Details: the cities, counties, municipalities, parishes and towns included in the Location
(Please Note: You do not have to be familiar with statistics to find this information useful. This documentation also provides statisticians with the required test information to substantiate the salary results.)
Information about the want ad sources of the Job Title and Location salary surveys, including: the names of the newspaper and internet newsgroup references, the beginning and end dates of the research, and the number of want ads obtained.
A. The Expected Salary Offers: explanation of the regression method and presentation of the regression equation
B. The Expected 95% Probability Range: explanation of the high to low ranges of the salary offers and presentation of the standard deviation, the confidence interval and the t-test of each and every variable in the regression equation
C. The Extreme Limits of a Salary Offer: explanation of the two-thirds and 95% high to low salary ranges and presentation of the standard deviation, R-squared, F-distribution and other statistics of the regression equation
A. The Geographic Adjustment ratio: explanation of the Location regression equations and presentation of the Geographic Adjustment calculation
B. Expected Salary Offers: explanation and presentation of the standard deviations, confidence intervals, t-tests, R-squared, F-distribution and other statistics of the Location regression equations
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Results: View the "Salary Results and Report Contents" section of Frequently Asked Questions, above.
If salary inflation, or deflation, is statistically significant for a Job Title then the current rate of inflation per year and its high and low range is included in the Salary Survey Report. Salary inflation occurs when the expected salary offer for each experience level is greater at the end than at the start date of the salary survey. If the start date has the highest expected salary offers then deflation exists. If expected salary offers have remained constant throughout the survey period, the Salary Survey Report does not include an inflation section. For most Job Titles three years pass between the start and end dates of the survey.
Salary inflation, or deflation, for a particular set of qualifications may be a reflection of advances in computer technology and changes in hardware/software utilization relative to training and career adjustments of computer professionals. Change in the cost of living is another factor in salary inflation.
For many Job Titles there exists a higher, or lower, grade position for the same hardware/software skills. There are support, administrator and engineer positions for systems professionals as well as project leaders for most types of skills. It can be important to know how experience at one grade transfers into another grade. For instance a support professional may want to know how many years and months of support experience is expected before qualifying as an entry level administrator.
A straight forward economic solution to this problem is taken: equal salary means equal qualification. Different grades of positions with the same hardware/software skills are compared at the identical expected salary offer to find the equivalent Number of Years and/or Months of Experience from one grade to the other. When applicable a Salary Survey Report presents the experience level in each of the other position grades that results in the same expected salary offer. Please be aware that position mobility may require additional training and skills as well as, or instead of, a specific level of equivalent experience.
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To find the Salary Survey Report that's right for you please use this Selection Help Form to view: the Job Title and Location Salary Ranges, the detailed list of qualifications of each Job Title; the counties and towns included in each Location; the completion date; and, the specific table of contents of each Salary Survey Report.
The qualifications of the Job Title, the towns and counties of the Location, and the Completion Dates are presented as they appear in the Salary Survey Report. An explanatory table-of-contents outlines the complete Salary Survey Report available with a Membership Subscription.
FAQ: Return to the place of this question on the list of Frequently Asked Questions.
Results: View the "Salary Results and Report Contents" section of Frequently Asked Questions, above.
For many Job Titles there exists a higher, or lower, grade position for the same hardware/software skills. There are support, administrator and engineer positions for systems professionals as well as project leaders for most types of skills. It can be important to know how experience at one grade transfers into another grade. For instance a support professional may want to know how many years and months of support experience is expected before qualifying as an entry level administrator.
A straight forward economic solution to this problem is taken: equal salary means equal qualification. Different grades of positions with the same hardware/software skills are compared at the identical expected salary offer to find the equivalent Number of Years and/or Months of Experience from one grade to the other. When applicable a Salary Survey Report presents the experience level in each of the other position grades that results in the same expected salary offer. Please be aware that position mobility may require additional training and skills as well as, or instead of, a specific level of equivalent experience.
You can find out whether a Job Title includes an Equivalent Experience number for a specific alternative position in the Selection Help Form, above.
FAQ: Return to the place of this question on the list of Frequently Asked Questions.
Results: View the "Salary Results and Report Contents" section of Frequently Asked Questions, above.
For many Job Titles there exists a higher, or lower, grade position for the same hardware/software skills. There are support, administrator and engineer positions for systems professionals as well as project leaders for most types of skills. It can be important to know how experience at one grade transfers into another grade. For instance a support professional may want to know how many years and months of support experience is expected before qualifying as an entry level administrator.
A straight forward economic solution to this problem is taken: equal salary means equal qualification. Different grades of positions with the same hardware/software skills are compared at the identical expected salary offer to find the equivalent Number of Years and/or Months of Experience from one grade to the other. When applicable a Salary Survey Report presents the experience level in each of the other position grades that results in the same expected salary offer. Please be aware that position mobility may require additional training and skills as well as, or instead of, a specific level of equivalent experience.
You can find out whether a Job Title includes an Equivalent Experience number for a specific alternative position in the Selection Help Form, above.
FAQ: Return to the place of this question on the list of Frequently Asked Questions.
Results: View the "Salary Results and Report Contents" section of Frequently Asked Questions, above.
Complete documentation of the want ad data sources, the characteristic statistics and the statistical test results are presented and explained in each Salary Survey Report. An outline of the documentation follows below.
The Average Experience Requirement for the Job Title
The High and Low Range of Experience Requirements for the Job Title
Required Skills: the specific position and software/hardware skills, and their keyword variants, required for this Job Title
Other Desired Skills: the additional software/hardware skills, and their keyword variants, required in some want ads of this Job Title
Location Details: the cities, counties, municipalities, parishes and towns included in the Location
(Please Note: You do not have to be familiar with statistics to find this information useful. This documentation also provides statisticians with the required test information to substantiate the salary results.)
Information about the want ad sources of the Job Title and Location salary surveys, including: the names of the newspaper and internet newsgroup references, the beginning and end dates of the research, and the number of want ads obtained.
A. The Expected Salary Offers: explanation of the regression method and presentation of the regression equation
B. The Expected 95% Probability Range: explanation of the high to low ranges of the salary offers and presentation of the standard deviation, the confidence interval and the t-test of each and every variable in the regression equation
C. The Extreme Limits of a Salary Offer: explanation of the two-thirds and 95% high to low salary ranges and presentation of the standard deviation, R-squared, F-distribution and other statistics of the regression equation
A. The Geographic Adjustment ratio: explanation of the Location regression equations and presentation of the Geographic Adjustment calculation
B. Expected Salary Offers: explanation and presentation of the standard deviations, confidence intervals, t-tests, R-squared, F-distribution and other statistics of the Location regression equations
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Results: View the "Salary Results and Report Contents" section of Frequently Asked Questions, above.
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