> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://guide.exiqtive.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Fair Base Pay overview

> How Fair Base Pay helps you set pay ranges, keep pay plans with their history, and see who is paid fairly.

Fair Base Pay helps you pay each person fairly and explain why. You set a pay range for every position, keep each employee's pay plan with its full history, and see at a glance who is paid fairly and who is not.

> [!NOTE]
>
> Fair Base Pay is a separate module. If you don't see **Fair Base Pay** in your side menu, your account doesn't include it yet. Only administrators see Fair Base Pay and its promotion page.

[Fair Pay](https://watchclueso.com/embed/ob7yh69s1ufbpx0l)

## What you can do with Fair Base Pay

* **Set market-based pay ranges.** Create a pay range for each position from your salary surveys. IQ can suggest a minimum and a maximum, and you review them before you save. IQ suggests and a person decides.
* **Keep pay ranges and pay plans over time.** Every change is a new version with a start and end date, so you can see the range or plan in force on any date.
* **Propose and approve pay changes.** A pay change is a proposal that goes through approval before it takes effect. Nothing changes silently.
* **See fair pay for each employee.** Fair Base Pay shows what fair pay is for an employee and how it compares with what the employee is paid today. The calculation uses a proprietary formula.

## The Fair Base Pay menu

The Fair Base Pay section has six items.

| Menu item | What it shows |
| - | - |
| **Pay Plans** | Every employee with their current pay plan, any proposed change, and their fair pay status. |
| **Positions** | Each position with the pay range it subscribes to. |
| **Pay Ranges** | Your pay ranges, their versions and the positions that use them. |
| **Job Families** | The disciplines and seniority levels you assign to positions. See [Job families](https://guide.exiqtive.com/fair-pay/job-families.md). |
| **Job Categories** | The groups of positions with work of equal value, which you compare pay across. See [Job categories](https://guide.exiqtive.com/fair-pay/job-categories.md). |
| **Market Data** | The salary survey files you upload as evidence for your pay ranges. |

## How the pieces fit together

**1. Upload market data**

Add the salary surveys and benchmarking reports you trust to **Market Data**. They give your pay ranges a market basis.

**2. Create pay ranges**

Set a minimum and a maximum for each pay range, in the country and currency it applies to. Set up your [operating countries and currencies](https://guide.exiqtive.com/account/operating-countries-and-currencies.md) first.

**3. Subscribe positions to pay ranges**

Each [position](https://guide.exiqtive.com/organization/positions.md) subscribes to a pay range, so every employee in that position is compared with the right range. See [Positions and pay ranges](https://guide.exiqtive.com/fair-pay/position-subscriptions.md).

**4. Keep a pay plan for each employee**

An employee's pay plan is a series of dated versions. When pay should change, you propose a new version and send it for approval.

**5. Review fair pay**

Use **Pay Plans** to see who is paid fairly, who is out of range and which proposals are waiting.

## Pay ranges and versions

A pay range is never overwritten. When you change it, you create a new version that starts on a date you choose. You can look at your pay ranges as of any date to see the version that was in force then. If you made a mistake in a version, you can correct it in place. See [Pay ranges and versions](https://guide.exiqtive.com/fair-pay/pay-ranges.md).

## Pay plans and approvals

Each version of a pay plan has a status:

* **Proposed** while it waits for approval.
* **In force** once it is approved and active.
* **Terminated** when it ends.
* **Voided** when it is cancelled before it takes effect.

From the dates, Fair Pay also shows whether a version is lapsed, current or future, so you can read an employee's pay history on a timeline.

## Who can use Fair Base Pay

Owners, co-owners, and administrators can use Fair Base Pay and make changes in it. Administrators don't need a separate permission for it. Employees don't see Fair Base Pay. See [permission levels](https://guide.exiqtive.com/account/users-and-permissions.md).

## Next steps

> [card] [Positions](https://guide.exiqtive.com/organization/positions.md)
>
> Positions are what pay ranges attach to.

> [card] [Operating countries and currencies](https://guide.exiqtive.com/account/operating-countries-and-currencies.md)
>
> Set the countries and currencies your pay ranges use.


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