How can I slice employee compensation data?

What is a “slice”?

A slice is a term used to describe a cut of data.

A cut of data is defined as:

• Family + Level (employee compensation only) OR Title (Executive compensation only)
• Location
  • For the US: Market Tier or Metro Area
  • For Europe: Country
• Valuation Group, Number of Employees or Capital Raised

Example:

• Employee Compensation: Software Engineer, L3, in San Francisco, for companies that have a valuation of ≥$1B.
• Executive Compensation: Chief Financial Officer, in Tier 2 markets for companies that have raised more than $200M

How can I slice the data?

• ~40 distinct job families and ~30 executive job titles
• Manager, IC (Professional and Support) levels
• Location
  • US Market Tier or specific Metros
    • Markets
      • Tier 1 = SF, NYC, LA, Seattle
      • Tier 2 = D.C., Austin, Boston, Denver
      • Tier 3 = All other US
    • Metros
      • San Francisco Bay Area
      • New York Metro Area(NY/NJ/PA)
      • Los Angeles Metro Area
      • Boston Metro Area
  • European Country
    • United Kingdom
• Company stage
  • Valuation Bucket
  • Cap Raised Bucket
  • Number of Employees Bucket