Designing a Geographic Salary Structure

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Course Number:83
Category:Salary Structures
Field of Study:Specialized Knowledge
Audience:Compensation Professionals, HR Managers, HR Generalists
Level of Difficulty:Intermediate
Delivery Method:QAS Self Study
Prerequisites: Moderate algebraic training. DLC Course 82: Creating a Competitive Salary Structure
Advanced Preparation:None
SHRM BASK:As defined by the SHRM Body of Applied Skills and Knowledge (BASK), this self-study course relates to competencies in Business and Competitive Awareness, Business Analysis, and Data Analysis with functional areas in Talent Acquisition and Total Rewards.
OverviewIf your organization has branch offices, you will need to know what salary structure works best for them. In this course, you will learn how to determine whether your organization should apply its headquarters’ structure directly to the branch office, adjust the headquarters’ structure, or develop a new structure entirely. Different geographic salary and cost-of-living levels affect the branch office salary structure, and you will learn how to adjust pay policy to take these variables into account. You will also learn how pay policy impacts pay ranges and how salary grades help to maintain internal pay equity. Then branch-office structures for major U.S. cities and suburbs are analyzed. Canadian and international structures are also covered.
Learning Objectives:
  • Identify why the headquarters and branch offices may need different salary structures
  • Recognize how labor markets and cost-of-living influence salary rates
  • Define how salary grades maintain internal pay equity
  • Specify how changing a pay policy line affects pay ranges
  • Calculate geographic pay rates at the state, region, and city level
  • Recognize how branch office benefits are affected by location
  • Define alternatives to adjusting a branch office salary structure such as bonus and cost-of-living allowance
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  • SHRM-CP/SHRM-SCP Credit Information:

    ERI Distance Learning Center is recognized by SHRM to offer Professional Development Credits (PDCs) for SHRM-CP® or SHRM-SCP® recertification activities. This program is valid for 1.5 PDCs for the SHRM-CP® or SHRM-SCP®. For more information about certification or recertification, please visit www.shrmcertification.org.

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    ERI Distance Learning Center is a recognized provider of recertification credits. The HR Certification Institute® (HRCI®) has pre-approved this activity for 1.5 HR (General) credit hour(s) towards aPHR™, PHR®, SPHR®, and GPHR® recertification.

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    HR Certification Institute’s® (www.HRCI.org) official seal confirms that ERI Distance Learning Center meets the criteria for pre-approved recertification credit(s) for any of HRCI’s eight credentials, including SPHR® and PHR®.

  • CCP/CBP/GRP/WLCP Credit Information:

    This online course qualifies for recertification credit for the Certified Compensation Professional (CCP®), Certified Benefits Professional® (CBP), Global Remuneration Professional (GRP®), and Work-Life Certified Professional (WLCP®) designations granted by WorldatWork Society of Certified Professionals. For more information on recertification, visit the Society website at www.worldatworksociety.org.

  • CPE QAS Self Study Credit Information:

    National Registry QAS Self Study - Course approved for 1.5 credit(s) in these states:

    Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virgin Islands, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wyoming

    Course approved for 1 credit(s) in Vermont

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ERI Economic Research Institute is recognized by SHRM to offer Professional Development Credits (PDCs) for the SHRM-CP® or SHRM-SCP®