Compensation Consulting

Solve your critical compensation challenges

Salary.com’s consultants help you price jobs competitively, ensure pay equity, and design salary structures that optimize costs. With industry-leading solutions and deep market insights, we simplify compensation decisions with clear, actionable recommendations.

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We can help you with custom surveys, HR analytics, data cleaning, and specialized training. Our retainer services provide ongoing support to address your compensation and HR needs as they arise.​ Click here for a full list of our services.

Services We Offer

Job Architecture, Leveling & Descriptions

Job Architecture, Leveling & Descriptions

Incentive Planning and Executive Compensation

Incentive Planning and Executive Compensation

Compensation Philosophy & Strategy

Compensation Philosophy & Strategy

Data, Benchmarking & Custom Research

Data, Benchmarking & Custom Research

Pay Equity & Wage Analysis

Pay Equity & Wage Analysis

Custom Solutions

Custom Solutions

  • Ongoing Advice and Support
  • Compensation Communications
  • Performance Management
  • Training
  • Tailored Consulting and Unique Projects
Compensation Philosophy & Strategy

Compensation Philosophy & Strategy

Job Architecture, Leveling & Descriptions

Job Architecture, Leveling & Descriptions

Data, Benchmarking & Custom Research

Data, Benchmarking & Custom Research

Incentive Planning and Executive Compensation

Incentive Planning and Executive Compensation

Pay Equity & Wage Analysis

Pay Equity & Wage Analysis

Custom Solutions

Custom Solutions

  • Ongoing Advice and Support
  • Compensation Communications
  • Performance Management
  • Training
  • Tailored Consulting and Unique Projects

Why Choose Salary.com’s Consultants

Diversified and Experienced Team

Our individual consultants have decades of experience in a variety of industries. We have the knowledge and skills to help you in your specific organization, industry, and circumstances.

Salary.com’s Powerful Solutions

We leverage Salary.com’s industry-leading total compensation management platform, making full use of its trusted data and award-winning compensation solutions.

High-Touch Communication

Clear communication is a cornerstone of our process, and we will be with you every step of the way. Our team of consultants are available to provide guidance and support.

An Extra Set of Hands

Serious analysis is a big undertaking that all too often gets pushed to the bottom of the to-do list. This is a mistake, and everyone knows it, but sometimes your internal team just can’t get the time. Our consultants provide the extra resources and expertise to implement your compensation initiatives.

Third-Party Neutrality

Bringing in outside help demonstrates your commitment to fairness, transparency, and impartiality. It also guarantees a level of discretion not always possible within an organization.

Salary.com’s Solutions

Salary.com’s consultants are powered by our industry leading suite of solutions. We’ve got the data, and the technology, to deliver the results you need:

CompAnalyst
SalaryIQ
CompXL
JobArchitect

Meet the Experts

Angela
Bailey
Dwight
Brown
Courtney
LeCompte
Eric
McMillan
Garry
Straker
David
Turetsky
Greg
Wolf

Angela Bailey

Vice President Compensation Consulting

Angela has served the HR and consulting profession for more than 20 years delivering expertise in HR strategy, total rewards, talent and performance management, people operations, project management, and culture development for various industries including manufacturing, transportation, higher education, healthcare, consulting, retail, professional services and non-profits. Angela has compensation and HR consulting experience in both large and small firms in addition to holding HR VP and CHRO positions. Angela's volunteer leadership includes SHRM, and Rotary and serving on many non-profit boards. She is also an active member of WorldatWork.

Angela holds an MBA from the University of Louisville, and multiple certifications including SPHR, CCP, Achieve Global Leadership, DEI, Mentoring, and Health Coach. Angela is a frequent speaker for the Kentucky Chamber, SHRM, the Center for Non-Profit Excellence (CNPE), and other professional organizations.

Angela’s technical specialties include:

  • Broad-based compensation and benefits strategy, design, implementation, and management
  • Workforce Planning
  • Succession Planning
  • Talent Strategy
  • DEIB
  • Mergers and acquisitions: HR, rewards, and technology due diligence and culture integration
  • Sales and performance incentive design
  • System design and implementations

What Our Clients Say

Ratings

Salary.com’s consulting team recreated our entire compensation system from scratch, which was a huge lift, and we were so thankful we had the partnership we did. The services reshaped our organizations salary structure, something that needed to be addressed for several years. The collaboration with the project team throughout the project was most valuable. We have formed relationships with the consulting team and know we can always reach out to them if we need additional guidance.”

Alison Widmer

Director of Administrative Services at State of North Dakota Dept. of Commerce

Meet the Experts

David Turetsky

Vice President Compensation Consulting

David B. Turetsky serves as Vice President, Consulting and is responsible for consulting with clients on people analytics, total rewards and other HR data governance issues. In this role, David consults with clients focused on improving their usage of data, analytics and HR processes in support of their business.

David has more than 30 years of experience in Human Capital Management (HCM), HR, HRIS, talent management, compensation and big data as an analyst, manager, executive, consultant and entrepreneur. He is passionate about manager empowerment and employee engagement through total rewards management.

In his previous roles, David built a consulting group within ADP's Professional Services Organization, consulting with clients on their use of the ADP DataCloud™. He was uniquely qualified to provide that advice since his previous role was Chief Product Owner for the ADP DataCloud™ where he developed ADP reporting, analytics, benchmarking, data mashups and predictive analytics. Some of his products include the HR Executive Awesome New Technology award winners for 2016 and 2017, ADP DataCloud™ Annual Compensation Explorer and Pay Equity Explorer.

Greg Wolf

Vice President Compensation Consulting

Greg has more than 25 years of combined human resource practitioner and consulting experience. He prides himself in creating and maintaining long-lasting relationships with clients to provide continued support in developing solutions to meet their unique challenges now and in the future.

Before joining Salary.com, Greg spent 14 years as Sr. Consultant and Regional Reward Practice Leader with Hay Group where he worked with organizations in a broad spectrum of industries, both public and private sector, locally and globally. He also consults with organizations on total compensation projects such as compensation philosophy development, total rewards and implementation strategies, benefits analysis among others.

Areas of expertise include strategic guidance to clients in all areas of total rewards consulting. Greg employs a broad-based approach to compensation consulting to ensure he develops effective plans to meet his clients’ specific needs.

Angela Bailey

Vice President Compensation Consulting

Angela has served the HR and consulting profession for more than 20 years delivering expertise in HR strategy, total rewards, talent and performance management, people operations, project management, and culture development for various industries including manufacturing, transportation, higher education, healthcare, consulting, retail, professional services and non-profits. Angela has compensation and HR consulting experience in both large and small firms in addition to holding HR VP and CHRO positions. Angela's volunteer leadership includes SHRM, and Rotary and serving on many non-profit boards. She is also an active member of WorldatWork.

Angela holds an MBA from the University of Louisville, and multiple certifications including SPHR, CCP, Achieve Global Leadership, DEI, Mentoring, and Health Coach. Angela is a frequent speaker for the Kentucky Chamber, SHRM, the Center for Non-Profit Excellence (CNPE), and other professional organizations.

Angela’s technical specialties include:

  • Broad-based compensation and benefits strategy, design, implementation, and management
  • Workforce Planning
  • Succession Planning
  • Talent Strategy
  • DEIB
  • Mergers and acquisitions: HR, rewards, and technology due diligence and culture integration
  • Sales and performance incentive design
  • System design and implementations

Dwight Brown

Vice President Compensation Consulting

Dwight has 25 years of progressive experience leading analytics, data solutions management, and technology operations focusing on advanced analytics, risk methodologies, and strategy development. He spent 22 years of his career at a large multi-specialty medical provider, where he led analytics implementation and support in areas such as Quality Management, Finance, and Human Resources.

Throughout his career he worked developing and implementing new operational functions, where he gained valuable skills and experience in Human Resources, Compensation, and People Analytics. Within Human Resources Dwight taught management classes on job description development, and assessment and management of employee performance. He was the principal designer and manager of an electronic performance appraisal system, and, in conjunction, led development of standardized organizational job description and skill-based competency assessment frameworks. At Salary.com Dwight works across all aspects of compensation analysis including benchmarking, compensation structure development, and pay equity. He is also co-host of the HR Data Labs podcast.

Courtney LeCompte, MPS, PHR

Vice President Compensation Consulting

For over a decade, Courtney has served in a variety of consulting and corporate capacities, working with a wide array of organizations throughout the public, private, and not-for-profit sectors. Courtney leverages her extensive experience in HR and compensation to deliver customized solutions to help organizations attract and retain key talent.

Prior to Salary.com, Courtney worked with consulting firms such as FutureSense, an Alliant Company, and Cascade Employers Association to provide compensation consultation in areas such as salary administration, total rewards strategy, pay equity, incentive compensation, executive compensation, and HR and pay analytics. She also previously served as a Senior Compensation Consultant for the State of Oregon where she led several statewide compensation initiatives including pay equity, The Oregon Management Project, classification and compensation studies, and partnered with labor relations to represent the State during contract negotiations.

Courtney received her Bachelor’s degree of Education from the University of Oregon, her Master’s degree in Strategic Human Resource Management and Development from the University of Denver, and holds a Professional in Human Resources (PHR) certification. Courtney is passionate about building genuine relationships with clients and partnering with organizations to develop practical solutions that align with organizational values and support strategic goals.

Eric McMillan

Vice President Compensation Consulting

Eric is a seasoned compensation professional who brings over 20 years of broad compensation consulting and technology experience to his consulting role at Salary.com. He enjoys working with clients on all aspects of compensation strategy and design for executives, employees, and sales compensation.

Prior to joining Salary.com, Eric previously worked for IBM Kenexa, Willis Towers Watson, Mercer and the Hay Group.

Garry Straker

Vice President Compensation Consulting

Garry has over 20 years of experience specializing in providing total rewards consulting services to a diverse list of clients including higher education institutions, healthcare organizations, public sector employers, and privately held companies from a variety of industries. Garry’s focus is helping organizations achieve strategic goals by leveraging technology, data, and labor market insights to design sustainable, market-aligned total compensation plans.

His technical proficiency and collaborative approach are singularly focused on developing long-term solutions that help to attract and retain critical talent. His expertise includes evaluating trends, organizational challenges, and opportunities to develop rewards programs that are appropriately aligned with organizational workplace culture, and business priorities. Guided by data-driven insights, which considers external labor market dynamics and internal workforce needs and expectations; he helps organizations understand key drivers in reward and recognition programs that foster greater employee engagement and elevate the employee experience.

David Turetsky

Vice President Compensation Consulting

David B. Turetsky serves as Vice President, Consulting and is responsible for consulting with clients on people analytics, total rewards and other HR data governance issues. In this role, David consults with clients focused on improving their usage of data, analytics and HR processes in support of their business.

David has more than 30 years of experience in Human Capital Management (HCM), HR, HRIS, talent management, compensation and big data as an analyst, manager, executive, consultant and entrepreneur. He is passionate about manager empowerment and employee engagement through total rewards management.

In his previous roles, David built a consulting group within ADP's Professional Services Organization, consulting with clients on their use of the ADP DataCloud™. He was uniquely qualified to provide that advice since his previous role was Chief Product Owner for the ADP DataCloud™ where he developed ADP reporting, analytics, benchmarking, data mashups and predictive analytics. Some of his products include the HR Executive Awesome New Technology award winners for 2016 and 2017, ADP DataCloud™ Annual Compensation Explorer and Pay Equity Explorer.

Greg Wolf

Vice President Compensation Consulting

Greg has more than 25 years of combined human resource practitioner and consulting experience. He prides himself in creating and maintaining long-lasting relationships with clients to provide continued support in developing solutions to meet their unique challenges now and in the future.

Before joining Salary.com, Greg spent 14 years as Sr. Consultant and Regional Reward Practice Leader with Hay Group where he worked with organizations in a broad spectrum of industries, both public and private sector, locally and globally. He also consults with organizations on total compensation projects such as compensation philosophy development, total rewards and implementation strategies, benefits analysis among others.

Areas of expertise include strategic guidance to clients in all areas of total rewards consulting. Greg employs a broad-based approach to compensation consulting to ensure he develops effective plans to meet his clients’ specific needs.

Angela Bailey

Vice President Compensation Consulting

Angela has served the HR and consulting profession for more than 20 years delivering expertise in HR strategy, total rewards, talent and performance management, people operations, project management, and culture development for various industries including manufacturing, transportation, higher education, healthcare, consulting, retail, professional services and non-profits. Angela has compensation and HR consulting experience in both large and small firms in addition to holding HR VP and CHRO positions. Angela's volunteer leadership includes SHRM, and Rotary and serving on many non-profit boards. She is also an active member of WorldatWork.

Angela holds an MBA from the University of Louisville, and multiple certifications including SPHR, CCP, Achieve Global Leadership, DEI, Mentoring, and Health Coach. Angela is a frequent speaker for the Kentucky Chamber, SHRM, the Center for Non-Profit Excellence (CNPE), and other professional organizations.

Angela’s technical specialties include:

  • Broad-based compensation and benefits strategy, design, implementation, and management
  • Workforce Planning
  • Succession Planning
  • Talent Strategy
  • DEIB
  • Mergers and acquisitions: HR, rewards, and technology due diligence and culture integration
  • Sales and performance incentive design
  • System design and implementations

Dwight Brown

Vice President Compensation Consulting

Dwight has 25 years of progressive experience leading analytics, data solutions management, and technology operations focusing on advanced analytics, risk methodologies, and strategy development. He spent 22 years of his career at a large multi-specialty medical provider, where he led analytics implementation and support in areas such as Quality Management, Finance, and Human Resources.

Throughout his career he worked developing and implementing new operational functions, where he gained valuable skills and experience in Human Resources, Compensation, and People Analytics. Within Human Resources Dwight taught management classes on job description development, and assessment and management of employee performance. He was the principal designer and manager of an electronic performance appraisal system, and, in conjunction, led development of standardized organizational job description and skill-based competency assessment frameworks. At Salary.com Dwight works across all aspects of compensation analysis including benchmarking, compensation structure development, and pay equity. He is also co-host of the HR Data Labs podcast.

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