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Metric
Market Position Ratio
Are we competitive with the external market?
CompensationDescriptiveDiagnostic
Definition
Employee pay relative to external market benchmark for the role.
How to calculate it
Employee pay / Market median (or target percentile)
Business question
Are we competitive with the external market?
How to read it
Below-market positions on scarce skills elevate flight risk.
Recommended segments
- Business unit
- Geography
- Function
- Grade or level
How to visualize it
- Trend over time
- Segment comparison
- Distribution
Decisions it supports
Offer strategy, retention adjustments, and job leveling.
What can make it misleading
Stale survey data; poor job matching to survey jobs.
Updated 2026-08-09