Data Confidentiality
Careful attention is paid to preserving the confidentiality of data reported by participating organizations. The following reporting standards are applied to the compensation data provided:
▪ No Base Salary, Incentive, Total Cash or other information is reported where there are fewer than 5 primary participants, regardless of the number of incumbents reported
▪ No company’s data represents more than 25% of any reported statistic
▪ Data reported must be at least 3 months old
▪ Where there are 5 primary participants and a minimum of 5 reported incumbents, the Average, Mean, and Median are reported
▪ 25th and 75th Percentile values are provided where there are a minimum of 5 primary participants and 6 incumbents reported
▪ 10th and 90th Percentile values are provided where there are a minimum of 5 primary participants and 9 incumbents reported
▪ To preserve confidentiality, we do not report the highest or lowest values
▪ Where the minimum values for reporting purposes are not reached, the data is suppressed and is not recorded in the report
▪ Both incumbent weighted and company weighted information are presented in the report and are labeled as such
In addition, the overall pattern of reported data is analyzed based on the returned questionnaires to validate both the quality of job matching and the accuracy of the numbers provided. In a number of cases, participants are contacted during the analysis process to clarify elements of their submissions and some submitted information was revised as a result.
