Span of Control: How Many Direct Reports Should a Manager Have?
Span of control benchmarks, the formula, and how to use direct-report counts in job leveling without letting headcount drive your pay grades.
Blog
Insights on job evaluation, compensation management, pay equity, and HR best practices.
Showing 1 - 12 of 114 Posts
IT Job Titles and Levels: A Hierarchy for Technical Roles
A complete IT job title hierarchy by track and level, with 2025 BLS wage data and the leveling logic that keeps engineering grades defensible.
Supervisor Job Titles: Examples and How to Level Them
Supervisor job titles by function, plus the test that separates lead from supervisor from manager — and how to level each one without breaking FLSA.
Job Title Levels: How Many Should You Have?
How many job title levels does your company need? Size-based benchmarks, the math that sets level count, and how to derive levels from evaluation scores.
Job Titling Conventions: How to Build a Title Standard That Scales
Build job titling conventions that scale — naming syntax, prefix rules, level words, governance, and how to retire vanity titles without a pay revolt.
Business Job Titles: A Complete List by Function and Level
A complete list of business job titles by function and level — finance, sales, marketing, HR, ops, legal — plus how to level them so pay stays defensible.
Salary Structure Adjustments: How Much to Move Your Ranges for 2027
How much should you move your salary structure for 2027? Set the number using market aging, budget reality, and compa-ratio health — with worked examples.
What Comes After Senior? Job Title Progression Explained
After Senior, most companies fork: Staff and Principal on the IC track, Manager and Director on the people track. How to build the level that comes next.
Management Job Titles and Hierarchy: From Team Lead to CEO
Every management layer from team lead to CEO — what changes at each rung, what the law says a manager is, typical spans, pay, and how to level them defensibly.
What Is a Professional Title?
A professional title signals occupation and standing, not your place on the org chart. How it differs from a job title, a credential, and a legal designation.
List of Positions in a Company From Highest to Lowest
Every layer of a company from the board down to entry level, what each layer actually does, typical spans, and how to turn the list into real job levels.
Job Titles: A Complete Guide to Naming, Leveling, and Structuring Roles
What job titles should do, how to name and level them, examples by function, and how to fix title inflation before it distorts your pay structure.