Salary guides
A benchmark you can actually set a budget against.
How we build a benchmark
Five steps, applied to every compensation question a client brings us.
- 01
Define the comparison set
We start from the five to eight companies you would genuinely hire this person from, not the sector as a whole. Sector-wide averages blend company types that pay on completely different curves.
- 02
Fix the level, not the title
Job titles are not comparable across companies. We benchmark against scope: team size, budget, decision rights and reporting line.
- 03
Separate fixed, variable and equity
Two offers with identical headline numbers can differ substantially. We report fixed pay, target variable, actual variable paid in recent years, and equity conventions separately.
- 04
Adjust for city
The same role can differ by 30% or more between Bengaluru and Indore. Every benchmark is stated for a specific location.
- 05
State the confidence
Where our sample is thin, we say so. A benchmark presented with false precision is worse than an honest range.
What we can benchmark
Any role in a sector and city we cover. Benchmarks are provided as part of a search engagement, or standalone on request.
Tell us the role and the city
Describe the role you are budgeting for, including the companies you would hire from. We will come back with a benchmark and an honest note on how confident we are in it.
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