1. What jobs are included in the CompGeo Database?
   The CompGeo Database has the most extensive coverage of Occupation Groups of any commercial Salary Survey Research Facility. CompGeo Online covers 23 Occupation Salary Groups. Occupation Salary Groups include Agriculture/Forestry, Art/Design, Construction, Education, Finance, Human Resources, Insurance, Manufacturing, Mining, Transportation, Travel/Enterainment/Lodging, Utilities and more. These join the original CompGeo Occupation Salary Groups of Information Technology, Engineering/Scientific, Health Care and Related, Legal Services, Office/Administrative, Protective Services and Skilled Trades. The former Professional/Management Group has been expanded and split into the new Occupation Groups of Finance, Human Resources, Management and others.

Over a half million Salary Survey Results covering over thousands of Benchmark Job Classifications across 632 Survey Locations are included in the CompGeo Database. At present, this represents coverage of over 43,423,000 employees in 23 surveyed Occupation Groups. Not all jobs are present in every location nor are all Industry/Sector breakouts available for each Survey Benchmark Job. Larger metropolitan areas may have almost every Salary Survey Benchmark Job while locations that are much smaller in size may only have a few

For current listings of Salary Survey Benchmark Titles by Job Family for each CompGeo Occupation Group along with Benchmark Job Descriptions visit the CompGeo Occupation Group Reference and Benchmark Job Description Guide.

  
  2. What is are the differences between CompGeo Online and CompGeo Professional?
   CompGeo Online Associate is best suited for Salary and Compensation Research for one or a small number of jobs or job families within an Occupation Group . CompGeo Online has a variety of Report Options that cover a single Survey Aea, all Suvey Areas within a Region or even Nationwide Report Options some with Regional and/or Survey Area specific Geographic Salary Differentials.

CompGeo Online Professional Reports is a special edition of CompGeo Online geared towards the needs of Compensation Professionals and other Salary Researchers who need broad survey coverage for an entire Occupation Group across a Geographic Region or All Occupation Groups within a particular Industry/Sector Breakout. CompGeo Professional Occupation Group and Industry/Sector Report Options include Second Reports and Companion Excel Work Sheets without charge.

The CompGeo Online Professional Salary and Total Compensation Forecast Library is a Subscription Based Online 24x7 Unlimited Use service that covers all 23 Occupation Groups in the CompGeo Online Database for all Salary Survey Areas Nationwide. National and Regional Subscriptions are available in single or multi-year configurations with optional Companion and stand-alone CD options.

The CompGeo Online Professional Occupation Group Report Series spans all Job Families and their attendent member Survey Job Bencharks within a broad Occupation Group across an entire Geographic Region (e.g. North East, South West, etc.).

The CompGeo Online Professional Occupation Group Report Series has a variety of Report Options available that, in addition to comprehensive information for all Salary Survey Areas within the Region chosen, provide National Summary(Standard), National Summary plus Regional(GDS) and/or National Summary, Regional and All Salary Survey Areas Nationwide(GD/XL) Geographic Salary Differential Information Tables.

The CompGeo Online Professional Industry/Sector Report Series is the newest available Professional Report Option which provides coverage of Benchmarks in all Career Pay Occupation Groups found within a chosen Industry/Sector breakout across all Salary Survey Areas within a State.

Both CompGeo Online and CompGeo Online Professional Reports have online form submission facilities and unique forecasting capabilities. In addition, sample reports are available for both CompGeo Online and CompGeo Occupation Group Reports.

  3. What are the current rates for CompGeo Online and CompGeo Occupation Group Reports?
   For current fee information visit the CompGeo Rates and Options Information Guide.
  4. How is CompGeo Online different from other Salary Survey Sites and Salary Survey Sources?
   Only CompGeo Online provides the most extensive, reliable, flexible, and cost effective online salary survey research service available - from an true innovator in Compensation Systems Design and Analysis - The Clayton Wallis Company.

Since the inception of CompGeo Online others, including a few large consulting firms, have tried to duplicate CompGeo Online in name and function but they are only inferior imitations. Salary Survey sites that puport to provide multiple coded salary survey sources are actually using private copyrighted information without permission. Still others don't even use salary survey data - they use geographic salary differentials or scan classified ads - like geographic salary 'calculators' these are woefully inaccurate. Others surveys typically have large sampling error rates due to limited participation rates.

The CompGeo Database has been updated yearly since 1991 using hundreds of carefully screened government conducted private and public sector salary surveys which have the lowest sampling error rates available.

CompGeo Online is unique with regard to flexible forward looking salary forecasting options - others provide only historical information in terms of usefullness and value. For maximum research flexibility and value, the new CompGeo Online Professional Forecast Library provides Unlimited 24 X 7 Access to the CompGeo Online Salary Survey Database on an National or Regional Subscription basis.

CompGeo Online Professional Occupation Group and Industry/Sector Reports include all Job Families and attendent Survey Benchmarks in each Job Family and are the only Professional Salary Survey Reports available which publish Confidence Intervals for each benchmark. Such broad coverage and unique Statistical Sampling Error Mapping Features makes CompGeo Online Occupation Group and Industry/Sector Reports one of the best salary survey resource values for Compensation Professionals.

For maximum security, all CompGeo Standard and CompGeo Online Professional Reports are delivered in password protected PDF files - another feature truly unique to CompGeo Online. All CompGeo Online Standard and Professional Reports and Subscription Based Services may be ordered through online Secure Order forms.

  5. In a progressively numbered survey job series - what, in general, are the differences between levels?
   Job Levels Generally Defined*
Level I - Entry/Trainee
Level II - Junior/Developing
Level III - Journey/Fully Qualified
Level IV - Senior/Advanced/Associate Consultant
Level V - Lead/Consultant
Level VI - Team Leader/Supervisor/Senior Consultant
Level VII - Manager/Senior Supervisor/Principal Consultant
Level VIII - Group Manager/Chief Consultant

* If Job Title specifically includes Supervisor or Manager then Levels differentiated upon scope of responsibility, contacts, number of employees, supervised, budgetary authority and related factors.
  6.After I place an order online how long will it take to receive the CompGeo Online and/or the CompGeo Online Professional Reports that I ordered?
   Generally, reports are produced the same or next business day for both CompGeo Online and CompGeo Online Professional Reports.
  7.What should I consider in selecting Forecast Date(s)
  Anticipated Increases Specific to: Geographic Area, Occupation, Industry Sector* and Organization. In general, most occupations have had salaries increase in the range of 3 - 5% on an annual basis over the last few years. Keep in mind other variables as noted above - in particular how competitive the market is for the given occupation in the selected geographic area.

You may choose the option Use Default Forecast in which case ICT/Clayton Wallis will apply a forecast selection for you based upon current forecasts for the the applicable job level(exempt/non exempt, etc.).

* All available sectors will be automatically included in the report. Industry Sector(s) may include one or more of the following categories: All, Private, Services, Government, Goods Producing, Health Services-All, Health Services-Government, Health Services Private, Hospitals-All, Hospitals Government, Hospitals-Private, Manufacturing, and Transportation/Utilities
  
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