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Compare two roles in Salary Intelligence to review their market salary data on the same benchmark chart. You can compare existing roles, assess a revised role description, set separate pay policies, and manage each role's analysis independently.
When to use Compare mode
Compare mode helps you:
Compare roles in the same job family, such as a Senior Analyst and Principal Analyst.
Assess how a revised role description affects the market salary range.
Evaluate a role you are creating against an existing internal role.
Review similar roles with different seniority levels before setting a pay structure.
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Depending on your organisation type, the system displays either job role or position terminology. This article uses role terminology that applies to both.
How to use Compare mode
Start from an existing analysis
1. Open an existing Salary Intelligence analysis.
2. Click Compare in the top action bar.
Select or enter the role to compare
The Compare role panel prompts you to select one of the following options:
Existing job role or Existing position: Select a role from your organisation's job roles library (or positions, for Employee-led organisations).
New job role: Enter a title and description for a role that does not exist in your organisation. A title is required, and a detailed description improves the analysis accuracy.
Generate the comparison analysis
1. Click Generate analysis.
The system processes the second role and overlays its results on the existing chart.
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Analysis generation can take a few minutes. You can continue working in ELMO while the analysis processes in the background.
Review the comparison
Once the comparison is generated, both roles appear on the same benchmark chart.
The salary distributions for both roles appear on the same benchmark chart, using different colours.
A summary below the chart displays each role's Market benchmark, Employee salaries, and Internal pay band ranges in separate rows.
Each role has its own Edit, View AI reasoning, and Delete options.
Set a pay policy for each role
1. In Compare mode, click Internal pay policy in the top action bar.
2. Set an independent From and To band for each role.
You can use a market-relative calculation or a fixed dollar amount for each band.
3. Click Set payband to apply both policies.
Each role's midpoint is calculated and displayed against its own chart series.
Edit a role in Compare mode
1. Click Edit next to the role you want to change.
2. Update the role description in the edit panel.
3. Click Regenerate to update that role's analysis.
The other role's analysis remains unchanged.
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You must make at least one change to the description before clicking Regenerate. Regenerating without making a change displays an error message.
Remove a role from the comparison
1. In the summary section, click Remove next to the role.
2. Confirm that you want to remove the role.
The role's analysis is cleared, and you return to the single-role analysis view.
Start another analysis
1. Click New analysis in the top action bar.
2. Review the confirmation prompt.
3. Confirm that you want to clear the current analysis.
You return to the initial entry screen.
Troubleshooting
Why do I see an error when I click Regenerate? +
An error appears when you click Regenerate without changing the role description. Make at least one change to the description, then click Regenerate again.