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Compa Ratios

Using Excel to calculate Compa Ratios:

Compa ratio (CP) is a salary expressed as a percentage of or indexed to the salary range midpoint/market rate (salary/midpoint or market rate = compa ratio).

The CP may be used as an indicator of how an individual is doing against plan. If the CP = 100, the salary of the individual is equal to the midpoint/market point (MP/MR). This may also be used to assess incumbents in a job, job family or entire organization by dividing the collective salaries by the collective MP/MR.

When the CP is significantly below 100, an increased risk of turnover exists.  Conversely, if the CP is significantly above 100 you may be overpaying and driving unnecessary costs into the business. If your CP is significantly above 100 and turnover is high, check your source of market data and look for other contributing factors.

Example of annual salary spreadsheet:

A B C D E F
Grade
Current Salary Proposed Increase % Proposed Inc £ rounded Proposed new  salary rounded Compa ratio based on mid point of Grade
F 55,000.00 5.00% 2,750.00 57,750.00 103.36
F 50,000.00 4.00% 2,000.00 52,000.00 93.06
F 45,624.00 7.00% 3,194.00 48,818.00 87.37
F 43,000.00 3.00% 1,290.00 44,290.00 79.27
C 30,720.00 4.00% 1,229.00 31,949.00 123.59
B 19,000.00 5.00% 950.00 19,950.00 92.79
D 32,395.00 4.50% 1,458.00 33,853.00 104.97
F 44,462.00 4.00% 1,778.00 46,240.00 82.76
Salary Grade Ranges
GRADE Minimum Mid Pt Maximum
A 12900 16125 19350
B 17200 21500 25800
C 20700 25850 31000
D 25800 32250 38700
E 32700 40850 49000
F 44750 55875 67000

Use the following formula in F2:F9 to calculate Compa ratio based on Mid point of grade in above table:

=(1+((E2-VLOOKUP(A2,$A$14:$D$19,3,FALSE)))/(VLOOKUP(A2,$A$14:$D$19,3,FALSE))))*100

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