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Samso Managed Services · Last Updated · Apr 2026

Compensation Benchmarking Reports

Role-level benchmark reports against blended public and aggregated market data - every role on a single $/year scale, with the internal target marked, the band parity checked, and every endpoint sourced.

What the managed workflow does

Blends 3 + 1 sources

Radford, Levels.fyi, and Pave aggregated comps weighted against your own internal peer-set survey - outliers flagged, not silently dropped.

Maps every role onto one scale

ICs and managers on the same $/year axis at P25 / P50 / P75 / P90. Your internal target sits on the same field, so over- and under-paid roles are obvious in one glance.

Checks band parity

Looks across roles for level inversions, gender / tenure gaps, and offers that hire above-band - the exceptions a recruiter would otherwise discover at offer time.

Refreshes on a schedule

Quarterly survey refresh + monthly internal recalibration. The pack is dated, sourced, and rerun - not a one-time PDF that drifts off market.

Roles benchmarked at P25 → P90 against the market on one $/year scale

4 Roles · 4 Sources Blended · Internal Target vs P25–P90

SOURCES BLENDEDRADFORDLEVELS.FYIPAVEINTERNAL · 14 PEERS$140K$180K$220K$260K$300K$340KTOTAL CASH ($K)Software EngineerL4 · IC4 · $170K – $245KP25P50P75P90$210KStaff EngineerL5 · IC5 · $215K – $310KP25P50P75P90$268KEngineering ManagerL5 · M2 · $230K – $325KP25P50P75P90$285KDirector · EngL6 · M3 · $265K – $355KP25P50P75P90$322KRefreshed Apr 17 · 4 sources blended · 14 peer companies · band parity check

Sources blended

Radford tech surveyLevels.fyi crowdsourcedPave aggregated comps14 peer companies (internal)

What lands on the page

P25–P90 market rangeP50–P75 competitive zoneInternal target markerBand parity callout

Inputs to the benchmark

  • Public + aggregated surveys. Radford / Levels.fyi / Pave normalized to your level framework, geo, and stage.

  • Internal peer set. 14 named peers with size / stage / sector match - you decide which companies belong, not the survey.

  • Level framework. Your job architecture (IC1–6 · M1–4) maps to each source's leveling so comparisons are apples-to-apples.

  • Internal pay record. Live offers, current employees, and band history feed the parity check and gap analysis.

What lands in the report

  • Football-field benchmark. Every role on a single $/year scale with P25–P90 outer band and P50–P75 competitive zone.

  • Internal target overlay. Where your band sits today, plotted against the blended market - under / on / over flagged.

  • Band parity findings. Level inversions, manager-IC compression, and offer-to-band drift surfaced with named exceptions.

  • Source-trace per number. Every endpoint links to the survey row, peer record, or internal offer it came from.

What you get, every week

A defensible band

Three sources blended with named peer comparators - comp committee gets a range with provenance, not a number from a guess.

A live workbook

Workbook with linked tabs (Survey, Peers, Levels, Bands, Field) and a one-click refresh tied to your level framework.

Quarterly refresh + parity sweep

Quarterly market refresh, monthly internal recalibration, and a parity sweep that flags compression and inversions before offers go out.

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