Prompt · Hiring

Salary Band Builder

Builds a defensible salary band and pinpoints where a candidate's offer should land.

Have ready: Paste market data if you have it (optional)

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role titlecity or 'remote-US'existing team members' rangesMARKET DATAtheir experience levelpaste salary data, or write 'none, give me the framework'

Your prompt

Help me set a defensible salary band for [role title] in [city or 'remote-US'].

Give me:
1. The key inputs that determine the band (level, scope, market, internal equity with [existing team members' ranges])
2. A proposed band, low / mid / high, with reasoning for each anchor. Work from the market data below, or use [MARKET DATA] placeholders where I'll fill in
3. Where this specific candidate's offer should land given [their experience level]
4. Three risks of going above-band, and how to mitigate each

Market data: [paste salary data, or write 'none, give me the framework']

Paste it into Muse or any assistant. Blank fields stay as [brackets].

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