Because I have to change. I have to be a different person than I've been for something on the order of the last two decades. As hard as it is to make incremental changes, I'm a fan of ripping the bandage off quickly. And my Pugs of War is one of the casualties of life. The title has long been superannuated and I have lost the momentum of interesting posting. I look at Joe Sherlock's excellent View Through the Windshield and see how it's done: interesting aggregation with intelligent comments done with regularity.
Compa-Ratio: The ratio of an employee's actual salary (the numerator) to the midpoint of the applicable (the denominator) salary range. To calculate an individual's compa-ratio, divide the actual salary by the midpoint of the assigned salary range. Market Index: An index that is used to calculate an individual or groups market pay by dividing the current pay of an individual by the market pay.
Either way, the MPR is $38,500. Divide the employee's salary by the MPR. Assume you have a worker who is the most senior of all employees in his position and he is paid $39,000 per year. To determine the comp ratio for the employee's salary, divide 39,000 by 38,500.