Compensation Benchmarking Cheat Sheet — Salary Data + 5 Free Bonuses ($74 Value)

Pay competitively without overpaying. Or losing the candidate.

Salary ranges by role, location, and seniority — sourced from public compensation data and refreshed quarterly. The cheat sheet that keeps your offers competitive without wasting budget. The data Radford and Mercer charge $5,000+ a year for, distilled into a sheet you can read in 5 minutes.

What you get:

• Salary ranges across 50+ common roles, 5 seniority levels each
• Geographic adjusters for major US metros + remote market data
• Total comp breakdown: base, equity expectations, bonus targets, benefits norms
• "What candidates are actually getting" data, not just what's posted
• Negotiation guidance for each band
• Excel + PDF formats; filter and sort to your role of interest
• Quarterly refresh included for 12 months — comp data goes stale fast, this stays current

How it works in real life:

Use Case 1 — The First Offer. You're extending an offer to a Senior Marketing Manager in Austin. The cheat sheet says: $135–165K base + 10% bonus + early-stage equity. You come in at $148K. The candidate counters at $160K. You know the ceiling, you know your flex, you close at $155K without overpaying.

Use Case 2 — The Counter-Offer. Your top engineer just got an external offer at $180K. The cheat sheet shows that's the top 75th percentile for their role. You match it knowing you're paying market, not panicking.

Use Case 3 — The Budget Build. Annual planning. You need to budget for 4 hires next year. The cheat sheet gives you defensible per-role budget numbers in 20 minutes.

Why it pays for itself in week one:

• Avoid overpaying: A single 15% over-market offer on a $120K role costs you $18K/year — forever — until that employee leaves. One avoided overpay returns the cheat sheet's price 600x.
• Avoid losing candidates: An offer 10% below market gets declined 67% of the time (industry data). The cheat sheet keeps you in the green band.
• Replace expensive enterprise data: Radford runs $5,000–$15,000/year. This is functionally equivalent for sub-50-person companies at 0.6% of the price.

🎁 Free Bonuses Included (substantial added value):

• Salary Negotiation Decision Tree — when to flex base vs. equity vs. signing bonus ($14.99 value)
• Counter-Offer Math Worksheet (Excel) — auto-calculates true total comp across offer scenarios ($14.99 value)
• Equity 101 for Hiring Managers — ISO vs. NSO vs. RSU explainer in plain language ($12.99 value)
• The "Comp Conversation" Script — how to discuss money without making it weird ($11.99 value)
• "Hiring Manager's First 7 Weeks" Email Course — 7 emails over 7 weeks, automated ($19.99 value)

Pricing:

$29.99 — one-time purchase. Includes 12 months of quarterly data refreshes.

First-purchase value: $104.94 ($29.99 cheat sheet + $74.95 in bonuses delivered immediately).

Who it's for:

Founders calibrating their first offers. Small-company hiring managers without access to Radford or Mercer reports. Anyone tired of guessing at comp.

License: Single-business commercial use. May not be resold, redistributed, or used as a base for derivative templates sold elsewhere. Covers internal hiring use within one business entity.