Pay Equity Consulting
Protect Your Organization with Neutral, Data-Driven Advice and Analysis
Salary.com’s Consultants help organizations like yours identify and address pay disparities, mitigate risk, and control costs.
We offer a full suite of services—including a formal Pay Equity Audit and Certification, Pay Equity Analysis and Remediation Modelling, Strategic Consulting, and Ongoing Support.
Pay Equity Reduces Risk and Controls Costs
A strategic, data-driven approach to pay equity provides the foundation for smart, defensible compensation decisions. It allows organizations to meet compliance obligations while maintaining financial discipline.
Our Pay Equity Consulting services help you:
Achieve legal compliance and protect against litigation risk
Navigate shifting state, federal, and local laws with confidence, while reducing exposure to costly lawsuits and regulatory penalties.
Align pay practices with financial and operational goals
Balance your commitment to fairness with the realities of budget constraints, operational efficiency, and long-term workforce planning.
Identify and address both pay disparities and overpayment risks
Uncover hidden inequities that can harm employee morale and brand reputation—while also detecting overpayment patterns that drain financial resources and undermine budget efficiency.
Adapt to the complexities of a geographically dispersed workforce
Ensure consistent, legally compliant pay practices across multiple locations, accounting for jurisdiction-specific requirements and local market conditions.
Build a sustainable, defensible pay equity strategy
Move beyond one-time audits to implement ongoing practices and governance that evolve with your organization and the regulatory landscape.
Our Process: Designed for Cost-Conscious, Compliance-Forward Teams
Pay equity supports more than compliance—it’s a strategic tool for workforce planning, cost control, and reputational resilience. Our process is built to uncover inefficiencies and misalignments that silently erode budgets and increase legal exposure.
Every engagement is different, but our approach typically looks like this:
Group Similarly Situated Jobs
- We identify Similarly Situated Groups (SSGs), which are employee groups performing comparable work based on criteria like responsibility, skill level, and job complexity. This creates a solid foundation for accurate analysis.
Analyze Pay Gaps and Spending Inefficiencies
- Using CompAnalyst®, we analyze compensation across protected groups—highlighting not only legal risks but also potential inefficiencies, such as roles being paid above market or beyond internal equity thresholds.
Drill Into Outliers and Root Causes
- When pay differences arise, we investigate the drivers: performance history, experience, job function, and more. If data doesn’t support those differences, we flag them for further review—regardless of whether the pay is too low or too high.
Model Strategic Remediation
- We help you course-correct with precision. By modeling different remediation scenarios, we balance equity with fiscal discipline, identifying ways to close gaps without triggering new ones—or overspending in the process.
You Will Get:
- 1) A neutral third-party audit of your current pay practices, including a Pay Equity Certification. 2) Statistical reports and executive-ready dashboards. 3) Remediation models with detailed budget impact forecasts. 4) A scalable roadmap for sustainable pay equity. 5) Recommendations for long-term monitoring and internal controls
Why Choose Salary.com’s Consultants
Diversified and Experienced Team
Our individual consultants have decades of experience in a variety of industries. We have the knowledge and skills to help you in your specific organization, industry, and circumstances. The team will lead you expertly through the process explaining the decisions along the way so you can communicate the results yourself.
High-Touch Communication
Clear communication is a cornerstone of our process, and we will be with you every step of the way. Our team of consultants are available to provide guidance and support. If deliverables are necessary to other stakeholders, we can either build that for you or expertly guide you to create whatever artifacts are necessary.
Salary.com’s Powerful Solutions
We leverage Salary.com’s industry-leading total compensation management platform, making full use of its trusted data and award-winning compensation solutions. As experts in the tools we use, the consulting team leverages the best technology and data in the Total Compensation Industry. Having the right tools enables us to make the process more efficient and reliable.
An Extra Set of Hands
Serious analysis is a big undertaking that all too often gets pushed to the bottom of the to-do list. This is a mistake, and everyone knows it, but sometimes your internal team just can’t get the time. Our consultants provide the extra resources and expertise to implement your compensation initiatives.
Third-Party Neutrality
Bringing in outside help demonstrates your commitment to fairness, transparency, and impartiality. It also guarantees a level of discretion not always possible within an organization. Our consultants invest the right time with your stakeholders to provide them with confidence that we stand behind the results of our analyses.
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