Abstract: A method of predicting compensation data includes obtaining compensation data, associated with a job category, with at least one datum being associated with each of a plurality of characteristics associated with the job category, determining values of factors, associated with respective ones of the characteristics, and a base value that when used as operands of a function yield estimates of the obtained data such that relationships between the estimates and corresponding obtained compensation data satisfy at least one criterion, and using a portion of the values of factors and the base value by a computer to automatically obtain estimates of compensation data.

Abstract: A method of predicting compensation data includes obtaining compensation data, associated with a job category, with at least one datum being associated with each of a plurality of characteristics associated with the job category, determining values of factors, associated with respective ones of the characteristics, and a base value that when used as operands of a function yield estimates of the obtained data such that relationships between the estimates and corresponding obtained compensation data satisfy at least one criterion, and using a portion of the values of factors and the base value by a computer to automatically obtain estimates of compensation data.

Abstract: A computer program product resides on a computer-readable medium and includes computer-readable and computer-executable instructions for causing a computer to access a compensation-data storage device, retrieve compensation data from the compensation-data storage device, the compensation data including information regarding job title and pay of individuals of a first business entity associated with the compensation-data storage device, and transmit the retrieved compensation data toward a processing system via a wide-area communications network, the processing system being associated with a second business entity that is different from the first business entity, where the computer-executable instructions are configured to cause the computer to at least one of access, retrieve, and attempt to transmit the compensation data automatically.