Question 1

What is Range Builder and how does it work?

Accepted Answer

Range Builder is a salary range management tool inside SalaryCube. It lets you create pay ranges directly from real-time market benchmarks. You search for a benchmark job, choose a percentile recipe (like P25/P50/P75), apply rounding, and save. The range is stored in your Range Library with full version history, market provenance, and audit trail. You can refresh ranges from the latest market data anytime, and export to CSV for your HRIS or comp decks.

Question 2

How do I create a salary range in Range Builder?

Accepted Answer

Search from 35,000+ benchmark jobs, select the one that matches your role, and choose a market position: meet the market (P25/P50/P75), lead the market (P50/P75/P90), lag the market (P10/P25/P50), or set custom percentiles. Apply a rounding rule (nearest $500, $1,000, or $5,000) and save. The entire process takes about 60 seconds. You can also override the calculated values with your own numbers if business context requires it.

Question 3

What is a percentile recipe?

Accepted Answer

A percentile recipe defines how your salary range maps to market data. For example, P25/P50/P75 means your range minimum is the 25th percentile (below-market floor), midpoint is the 50th percentile (market median), and maximum is the 75th percentile (above-market ceiling). Range Builder offers preset recipes for common comp strategies plus the ability to set any custom percentile combination.

Question 4

Can I refresh my ranges when market data changes?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Range Builder supports one-click market refresh for individual ranges or bulk refresh for your entire library. Before applying a refresh, you see a preview showing exactly what will change — old values vs. new values. Each refresh creates a new version, preserving your full history. This makes annual range updates fast and auditable.

Question 5

How does version history work?

Accepted Answer

Every time a range is created, edited, or refreshed, Range Builder creates a new immutable version. Each version includes the min/mid/max values, effective start date, the recipe and rounding used, and a link to the exact market data snapshot. You can view the full version history for any range, and the Range Library supports as-of date filtering to see what was active at any point in time.

Question 6

What data is included in the CSV export?

Accepted Answer

The CSV export includes: range identifiers, job title, level, geography, pay type, comp basis, currency, min/mid/max values, effective dates, data source, market data timestamp, dataset version, recipe code, rounding rule, created date, created by, and change reason. The export schema is versioned and stable so your downstream automations won't break.

Question 7

Do I need to use SalaryCube benchmarking data, or can I enter my own ranges?

Accepted Answer

Both. You can create ranges from SalaryCube market data (recommended — this gives you full provenance and refresh capability) or enter manual ranges with your own values. Manual ranges still get version history and audit trail, but cannot be refreshed from market data since they have no market anchor.

Question 8

How does Range Builder help with pay transparency compliance?

Accepted Answer

Range Builder gives you defensible, market-sourced salary ranges with a full audit trail. Every range records exactly which market data was used, what percentile recipe was applied, and when it was created or updated. This documentation is critical for pay transparency laws that require employers to disclose salary ranges in job postings and demonstrate that ranges are based on legitimate market data.

Question 9

Is Range Builder included with my SalaryCube subscription?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Range Builder is included for all SalaryCube benchmarking customers at no additional cost. It is designed as a retention and workflow feature — making your benchmarking investment more valuable by keeping ranges inside SalaryCube instead of in spreadsheets.

Question 10

How does Range Builder compare to building ranges in Excel?

Accepted Answer

Excel has no version history, no market provenance, no refresh capability, and no audit trail. When you build ranges in Excel, you lose the connection to the market data that informed them. Range Builder preserves that connection — you can always see which benchmark, which percentiles, and which market snapshot were used. Plus, refreshing 100 ranges from the latest data takes minutes instead of days.

Capability	What It Does
Market-to-Range in 60 Seconds	Select a benchmark job, pick a percentile recipe (P25/P50/P75), and save a salary range — all without leaving SalaryCube
Versioned Range Library	Every range is versioned with effective dates and full provenance. See what changed, when, and why — built-in audit trail included
Flexible Recipes & Rounding	Choose from preset market positions (meet, lead, or lag the market) or set custom percentiles. Apply rounding rules for clean numbers
Manual Override	Override any calculated value with your own numbers when business context requires it. The original market data is still preserved for reference
CSV Export	Export your full range library — or filtered subsets — to CSV for HRIS uploads, comp committee decks, or spreadsheet workflows
Market Refresh	Refresh any range with the latest market data in one click. See exactly what changed before you commit the update

	Spreadsheets & Manual Work	Range Builder
Range Creation	Copy/paste from benchmarks to Excel	One-click from market data
Market Data Link	Lost after export	Full provenance preserved forever
Refreshing Ranges	Rebuild from scratch each cycle	One-click refresh from latest data
Audit Trail	No version history	Full version history with effective dates

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