| About this Metric |
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The Wage & Benefits Metric tool is designed to help community development organizations, government agencies and elected officials, financial institutions, and private companies measure and communicate the impact of efforts to create economic opportunity in communities. Building upon work completed by Pacific Community Ventures, the tool uses a point-scale system to evaluate jobs based on wage and benefits levels.
There are two choices for using the tool:
1) Create a new account by selecting Register Now, which will give
you the ability to enter and save data and create custom reports for your organization. See the
step-by-step instructions
[
PDF]
for using the Wage & Benefits Metric.
2) Choose the Wage & Benefits Calculator for a one-time analysis
of a company. See the step-by-step instructions
[ PDF]
on using the calculator.
| Job Attribute | Points |
|---|---|
| Full-time position |
3 |
| Permanent position |
1 |
| Wage exceeds mean |
4 |
| Group health insurance provided |
2 |
| Employer contributes to plan |
1 |
| Sick leave and/or vacation time |
1 |
| Financial asset building mechanism |
1 |
| Trade- and technology-specific skills |
1 |
| Workplace skills training |
1 |
The points above are added for each position, placing it into one of the following 3 job types:
| Score | |
|---|---|
| 11-15 Points |
 |
| 5-10 Points |
 |
| 0-4 Points |
 |
The Wage and Benefit Metric also has a number of useful reporting features, such as:
| Sample Report Types |
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| Company Profiles |
| Wage and Benefits Profiles Per Sector |
| Wage and Benefits Profiles for Jobs Created and Retained |
Project Contact:
Chris Allen
Montana Community Development Corporation
Chris@JobMetric.mtcdc.org
A Project of:
Northwest Area Foundation
Project Coordination by:
Montana Community Development Corporation
Christopher Allen & Associates
Site Design by:
John Webb Consulting, LLC
Technical Development by:
Modwest Internet