Comparison markets used for benchmarking and maintaining the salary structure will reflect the realities of the competitive environment for different job families and roles.   

• For positions found primarily in higher education, the comparison market will be a group of doctoral and masters institutions at the national, regional, or local level, depending upon the position. This group of public and private comparison institutions was selected by the President’s Cabinet in collaboration with our compensation consultant as both competitive and aspirant institutions.
• For positions in Information Technology, Finance and Accounting and other key non-academic positions, broad industry markets will be used in addition to the identified universities to develop and maintain the salary structure.
• For support positions which are not higher education specific, general industry comparison data for the Philadelphia Metro area will be used.