Compensation study readiness checklist

Scope and decisions

• List distinct roles and locations, including vacant roles in scope.
• State the decision the study should support.
• Identify the required draft and final deliverables.
• Name the person who will consolidate feedback.
• Separate your decision deadline from your preferred draft date.

Role information

• Collect current job descriptions.
• Record required qualifications and experience expectations.
• Identify supervisory responsibility and unusual or blended duties.
• Resolve inconsistent titles used for the same work.
• Flag roles whose descriptions are being revised.

Pay and schedule information

• Identify whether figures are hourly rates, annual salaries, ranges, or actual pay.
• Record scheduled hours and paid weeks or months.
• Separate base pay from supplements, bonuses, and other elements.
• Confirm effective dates and the source of each figure.
• Identify gaps rather than filling them with assumptions.

Benefits and comparison requirements

• Gather benefits summaries and relevant employer contributions.
• Specify coverage tiers and eligibility assumptions.
• Describe the intended comparison geography.
• Identify any comparison employers or sources that need consideration.
• Share any required report format or review criteria during scoping.

Before transferring records

Confirm the required fields and appropriate transfer method with NovaPath. The initial inquiry can describe role counts, locations, and available information without including employee-level records.

Ask for a written intake decision: what is complete, what is outstanding, who will resolve it, and when the draft clock begins. The published five-business-day draft window starts only after scope agreement and confirmation of complete data.