Merit Increase Matrix
Run a merit cycle on performance and where each person sits in their range, not a flat percent.
5 files · 1 Excel · 5 pp
United States, federal and state, reviewed 20 August 2026
$29
Budget season
Set pay you can explain to anyone who asks.
Compensation questions arrive without warning and you answer them on the spot. The bands, matrices, and posting rules here give you a structure you can defend in the moment.
The moment this shelf is for
Pay decisions made one at a time drift apart, and then somebody compares notes. A band structure settles that in advance, because the range and the placement rule already exist in writing. The builders here produce the bands, the compa ratio math, and the merit matrix that allocates the budget you actually have.
Transparency requirements changed the exposure considerably. Several states now require a pay range inside the job posting, and the requirements differ by state and by employer size. The transparency packs carry the current state map, the posting language, and the internal review that happens before a range becomes public.
Each workbook exposes its formulas rather than concealing them, and states the date of its most recent review. You can walk a finance partner through the calculation line by line. The guarantee runs 30 days. Reply to your receipt or email support@truestephr.com for a full refund. No form or explanation is required, and you keep the files.
You can explain how you arrived at any salary, and the number holds up when employees compare notes.
Where most people start
Three ways in
Compensation Toolkit
Build a defensible pay structure and run a merit cycle against a budget, with the two tools large companies use to do both.
8 files · 2 Excel · 18 pp
United States, federal and state, reviewed 20 August 2026
$89
US State Pay Transparency Pack
Post job openings that meet every state pay-range rule that reaches you.
11 files · 1 Excel · 4 Word · 13 pp
United States, federal and state, reviewed 20 August 2026
$129
Results
Global Employer EU Readiness Bundle
The EU pay transparency rules and the EU AI Act are arriving together.
27 files · 5 Excel · 5 Word · 72 pp
European Union, reviewed 20 August 2026
$349
EU Pay Transparency Readiness Toolkit
Prepare for the EU pay transparency directive end to end.
7 files · 1 Excel · 1 Word · 14 pp
European Union, reviewed 20 August 2026
$149
US State Pay Transparency Pack
Post job openings that meet every state pay-range rule that reaches you.
11 files · 1 Excel · 4 Word · 13 pp
United States, federal and state, reviewed 20 August 2026
$129
EU Job Architecture and Equal Value Work Kit
Define equal work and work of equal value on objective criteria.
7 files · 1 Excel · 1 Word · 14 pp
European Union, reviewed 20 August 2026
$99
Compensation Toolkit
Build a defensible pay structure and run a merit cycle against a budget, with the two tools large companies use to do both.
8 files · 2 Excel · 18 pp
United States, federal and state, reviewed 20 August 2026
$89
EU Job Posting Pay Range Pack
Post every EU role with a pay range you can defend.
8 files · 1 Excel · 1 Word · 19 pp
European Union, reviewed 20 August 2026
$89
Mexico 40-Hour Workweek Readiness Kit
Plan the move from a 48-hour week to 40 without cutting pay.
10 files · 1 Excel · 4 Word · 10 pp
Mexico, reviewed 20 August 2026
$89
Ontario Job Posting Transparency Pack
Get every publicly advertised Ontario posting right before it goes live.
8 files · 1 Excel · 3 Word · 5 pp
Canada, Ontario, reviewed 20 August 2026
$89
Manufacturing Compensation and Shift Differential Toolkit
Set plant pay the right way in one afternoon.
8 files · 2 Excel · 19 pp
United States, federal and state, reviewed 20 August 2026
$69
Technician Pay and Retention Toolkit
Build a pay ladder technicians can see, and hold stay conversations on a cadence.
8 files · 1 Excel · 1 Word · 16 pp
United States, federal and state, reviewed 20 August 2026
$69
EU Employee Pay Information Request Tracker
Log every employee pay-information request, run the two-month clock, assemble a privacy-safe response, and keep the annual reminder on schedule.
4 files · 1 Excel · 5 pp
European Union, reviewed 20 August 2026
$59
JD Classification and Pay Transparency Kit
Define the role once and get everything downstream right.
7 files · 1 Excel · 1 Word · 22 pp
United States, federal and state, reviewed 20 August 2026
$59
Caregiver Pay and Retention Toolkit
The pay math field guide, the workbook that models wages against your bill rates, and the scripts for raise and retention conversations.
8 files · 1 Excel · 1 Word · 25 pp
United States, federal and state, reviewed 20 August 2026
$49
Tech Pay Plan and Margin Workbook
The pay math field guide and the workbook that models spiffs, commissions, drive time, and raise breakevens against billed-hour economics.
8 files · 1 Excel · 1 Word · 26 pp
United States, federal and state, reviewed 20 August 2026
$49
Pay Structure and Internal Equity Review
Screen two groups for a pay gap in three steps.
5 files · 1 Excel · 5 pp
United States, federal and state, reviewed 20 August 2026
$39
Salary Band Builder
Turn market pay data into a working salary structure.
5 files · 1 Excel · 5 pp
United States, federal and state, reviewed 20 August 2026
$39
Employee Cost Calculator
See what an employee costs in full, not just the salary.
5 files · 1 Excel · 5 pp
United States, federal and state, reviewed 20 August 2026
$29
Merit Increase Matrix
Run a merit cycle on performance and where each person sits in their range, not a flat percent.
5 files · 1 Excel · 5 pp
United States, federal and state, reviewed 20 August 2026
$29
Promotion and Internal Equity Calculator
Pressure-test one promotion before you commit to it.
5 files · 1 Excel · 6 pp
United States, federal and state, reviewed 20 August 2026
$29
The reasoning behind these files
The dated notes behind this shelf
Compa-ratio reads the midpoint, penetration reads the band
VerifiedThirteen states and DC require a posted range
Verified$684 a week is the 2026 federal exempt floor
VerifiedAll-in cost runs 1.25 to 1.4 times salary
Verified
The guarantee. 30 days. Reply to your receipt or email support@truestephr.com for a full refund. No form or explanation is required, and you keep the files.
This product is HR work product and general information rather than legal advice. Review it against your own facts, and take counsel wherever the decision turns on the law.