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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