COMPENSATION CONSULTING SERVICES

Compensation consulting services for data-informed pay strategy and equitable rewards

JER HR Group brings more than 30 years of compensation consulting experience across private, nonprofit, and public-sector organizations. Our compensation consulting services cover job evaluation, market pricing, salary structures, pay equity analysis, incentive design, and compensation administration using a structured, data-informed process.

Our Compensation Consulting Services.

We work with organizations across industries to design and deliver compensation programs that are grounded in data, aligned to strategy, and built for the long term. Our services cover the full compensation lifecycle from foundational job evaluation through advanced incentive design and ongoing plan monitoring.

Job Evaluation and Pay Structure

Objective, factor-based job evaluation with documented grade assignments. We design and implement salary structures aligned to your organizational architecture and market position.

Market Pricing and Salary Surveys

Proprietary compensation databases and survey participation across 35+ states. We benchmark every role against relevant peer groups and provide data you can act on.

Pay Equity Analysis

Systematic analysis of pay disparities by gender, age, ethnicity, and custom criteria. We help organizations identify material gaps, investigate contributing factors, and model remediation options for compensation review.

Incentive and Variable Compensation

Short- and long-term incentive plan design for executive, management, and staff populations. We align incentive structures to business objectives and sustainable budget parameters.

Salary Administration and Guidelines

Compensation policies, merit matrices, and administration procedures that give managers a consistent, documented framework for pay decisions from hire through annual review.

Compensation Plan Design and Monitoring

End-to-end compensation plan development with ongoing monitoring for market drift, internal compression, and plan effectiveness. We design plans that remain competitive cycle over cycle.

Your Partner for Compensation Strategy.

Our compensation consulting engagements follow a structured methodology informed by decades of practice. Each engagement is tailored to the organization while maintaining a consistent focus on rigor, transparency, and practical implementation.

Understand Your Organization

We begin every engagement by learning your organization, its structure, workforce, competitive landscape, and strategic direction. We review existing compensation data, job documentation, and any prior studies before developing a project plan.

Evaluate Your Jobs

We conduct job evaluation using a systematic, factor-based methodology that determines the relative internal value of each role. The process supports documented grade placements grounded in job requirements rather than title or incumbent seniority.

Benchmark Against the Market

We conduct market pricing analyses using multiple compensation surveys and proprietary data sources. We match your roles to appropriate benchmarks, adjust for geography and sector, and identify where your current pay levels stand relative to relevant peer organizations.

Design Your Pay Structure

We develop salary ranges, pay grades, and compensation structures aligned to your job evaluation results and market data. We model implementation costs and present a structure your leadership can communicate and your managers can administer.

Develop Administration Procedures

A compensation structure is only as effective as the guidelines that govern how it is applied. We develop salary administration procedures, merit increase guidelines, and manager toolkits that bring consistency and accountability to every pay decision.

Support Implementation and Ongoing Monitoring

We support the rollout of new compensation programs through staff communications, manager training, and supervisory orientation sessions. We also provide ongoing monitoring to identify market drift, internal compression, and plan effectiveness over time.

30+

Years advising for-profit and nonprofit organizations

1,000+

U.S. clients in over 35 states

50+

Compensation consultants and subject matter experts

Resources

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Bridging the Pay Equity Gap

Bridging the gap between people, work, and pay, with an effective compensation plan.
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Tips, Traps and Trends in Compensation Planning

Expert guidance on navigating the most common compensation planning pitfalls and emerging best practices.
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How Nonprofits Can Attract Talent with an Effective Compensation Plan

Address talent shortages, pay inequities, and deliver better outcomes for mission-driven organizations.
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Let’s talk about people, ideas, and solutions.

If you want to design, implement, and sustain a compensation program your organization can stand behind, get in touch with us.