A range you can discuss.
A budget you can see.
Build a proposed pay band, see its annual headcount budget, and take a worksheet into your team’s next discussion. Your inputs stay in this browser tab.
Find a career wage referenceElectricians · Bakersfield-Delano, CA
May 2025 occupation wages for Electricians. Quartiles describe the wage distribution; they do not establish your company’s minimum, midpoint or maximum.
Review the full occupation and wage definitionsBuild a proposed pay band
Enter your own pay-policy assumptions. Keep bonus, equity and benefits separate from this wage budget.
A 20% half-width gives a minimum at 80% and a maximum at 120% of your chosen midpoint. This is a planning choice.
Inputs stay in this browser tab. Reloading clears this worksheet.
See the budget behind the range.
Start with a role and three pay amounts.
Your annual budget and range measures will update as you edit.
Find an occupation wage referenceYour pay-range worksheet
0 of 20 bands · Annual gross wage budgets, before employer taxes and benefits.
How to use a salary range worksheet
Match the work and hiring market first. Choose a midpoint that reflects your pay policy, then set a minimum and maximum. The optional width control expresses a percentage on either side of the midpoint; it does not calculate a market distribution. Compa-ratio compares an entered amount with your chosen midpoint. Range position compares that amount with your chosen minimum and maximum.
Annual budgets multiply each pay amount by planned headcount. Hourly budgets also use your entered paid hours and paid weeks. This worksheet excludes employer taxes, benefits, overtime premiums, bonus and equity. An occupation wage reference may include commissions, tips and incentive pay, so review the measurement before using it to plan base salaries.
Read the employer benchmarking guide · Understand pay measurements