Compensation Benchmarking & Total Rewards Intelligence

Survey data: Q1 2024 Radford

Engineering All Levels SF Bay Area Radford
Comp Competitiveness Index
84%
Target 90% | Gap -6pp
Roles Below P50
23
+4 since last cycle
Avg Compa-Ratio
0.97
Exceeds Below P50
31%
Target <15%
Offer Accept (>P75)
86%
vs 62% below P50
Total Rewards Premium
38%
vs base salary

Market Percentile Position by Role

Compa-Ratio Distribution by Performance Tier

Band Compression Heatmap

Eng
Data
Product
Design
Sales
Ops
L8
1.52
1.56
1.48
1.51
1.53
1.46
L7
1.44
1.42
1.45
1.50
1.47
1.43
L6
1.29
1.38
1.41
1.44
1.36
1.39
L5
1.35
1.28
1.42
1.50
1.40
1.37
L4
1.38
1.34
1.51
1.52
1.45
1.41
>1.5 Target 1.3-1.5 <1.3 Critical

Total Rewards Breakdown vs Competitors

Merit Distribution vs Performance

Equity Vesting Cliff Calendar (Next 180 Days)

Apr
$420K
3 emp
May
$1.2M
6 emp
Jun
$2.8M
9 emp
Jul
$8.2M
34 emp
Aug
$1.9M
7 emp
Sep
$980K
5 emp
Q3 Risk: 12 high performers in Jul cliff — retention action required

Offer Acceptance by Comp Percentile

Benefits Utilization Rate

Pay Equity Residual

Compensation Competitiveness Detail

Role Family Level Count Avg Base Market P50 CCI Status Compa-Ratio Priority
ML Engineer L4 8 $168K $192K Critical 0.88 1
Senior Data Scientist L5 12 $154K $172K Below Market 0.90 2
Senior Engineer L6 34 $182K $185K At Risk 0.98 3
Product Manager L5 18 $158K $152K Competitive 1.04 5
Data Engineer L4 14 $142K $148K At Risk 0.96 4
Staff Engineer L7 9 $224K $215K Competitive 1.04 5
Engineering Manager L6 16 $198K $195K Competitive 1.02 5
Sales Engineer L5 11 $135K $138K At Risk 0.98 4

CCI Trend Over 6 Comp Cycles

Market Drift Velocity