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Enum: CompensationTypeEnum

Types of employee compensation structures

URI: valuesets:CompensationTypeEnum

Permissible Values

Value Title Meaning Description Alignment Amount Categories Classification Criteria Culture Discretionary Efficiency Equity Exemption Manufacturing Market Measurement Motivation Overtime Payment Performance Predictability Productivity Purpose Recognition Regularity Retention Risk Structure Supplemental Timing Tracking Upside Variability Vesting
BASE_SALARY Base Salary Fixed annual salary compensation often exempt from overtime market benchmarked regular pay periods predictable income fixed annual amount
HOURLY_WAGE Hourly Wage Compensation paid per hour worked non-exempt employees overtime eligible rate per hour time tracking required variable based on hours
COMMISSION Commission Performance-based sales commission sales motivation performance-based income risk percentage of sales highly variable
BONUS Performance Bonus Additional compensation for performance performance criteria may be discretionary performance recognition retention tool annual or periodic
STOCK_OPTIONS Stock Options Equity compensation through stock options equity participation long-term retention market risk company growth upside vesting schedule
PROFIT_SHARING Profit Sharing Sharing of company profits with employees interest alignment ownership culture company performance based percentage of profits variable based on profits
PIECE_RATE Piece Rate Compensation based on units produced efficiency incentive common in manufacturing output measurement productivity-based rate per unit produced
STIPEND Stipend Fixed regular allowance or payment modest fixed amount interns, volunteers, board members specific purpose payment regular payment supplemental income

Slots

Name Description
compensation_type Type of employee compensation

Identifier and Mapping Information

Schema Source

  • from schema: https://w3id.org/linkml/valuesets

LinkML Source

name: CompensationTypeEnum
instantiates:
- valuesets_meta:ValueSetEnumDefinition
description: Types of employee compensation structures
title: Compensation Type
from_schema: https://w3id.org/linkml/valuesets
contributors:
- orcid:0000-0002-6601-2165
- https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code
status: DRAFT
rank: 1000
permissible_values:
  BASE_SALARY:
    text: BASE_SALARY
    description: Fixed annual salary compensation
    annotations:
      structure:
        tag: structure
        value: fixed annual amount
      payment:
        tag: payment
        value: regular pay periods
      exemption:
        tag: exemption
        value: often exempt from overtime
      predictability:
        tag: predictability
        value: predictable income
      market:
        tag: market
        value: market benchmarked
    title: Base Salary
  HOURLY_WAGE:
    text: HOURLY_WAGE
    description: Compensation paid per hour worked
    annotations:
      structure:
        tag: structure
        value: rate per hour
      overtime:
        tag: overtime
        value: overtime eligible
      tracking:
        tag: tracking
        value: time tracking required
      variability:
        tag: variability
        value: variable based on hours
      classification:
        tag: classification
        value: non-exempt employees
    title: Hourly Wage
  COMMISSION:
    text: COMMISSION
    description: Performance-based sales commission
    annotations:
      structure:
        tag: structure
        value: percentage of sales
      performance:
        tag: performance
        value: performance-based
      variability:
        tag: variability
        value: highly variable
      motivation:
        tag: motivation
        value: sales motivation
      risk:
        tag: risk
        value: income risk
    title: Commission
  BONUS:
    text: BONUS
    description: Additional compensation for performance
    annotations:
      timing:
        tag: timing
        value: annual or periodic
      criteria:
        tag: criteria
        value: performance criteria
      discretionary:
        tag: discretionary
        value: may be discretionary
      recognition:
        tag: recognition
        value: performance recognition
      retention:
        tag: retention
        value: retention tool
    title: Performance Bonus
  STOCK_OPTIONS:
    text: STOCK_OPTIONS
    description: Equity compensation through stock options
    annotations:
      equity:
        tag: equity
        value: equity participation
      vesting:
        tag: vesting
        value: vesting schedule
      retention:
        tag: retention
        value: long-term retention
      upside:
        tag: upside
        value: company growth upside
      risk:
        tag: risk
        value: market risk
    title: Stock Options
  PROFIT_SHARING:
    text: PROFIT_SHARING
    description: Sharing of company profits with employees
    annotations:
      structure:
        tag: structure
        value: percentage of profits
      performance:
        tag: performance
        value: company performance based
      culture:
        tag: culture
        value: ownership culture
      variability:
        tag: variability
        value: variable based on profits
      alignment:
        tag: alignment
        value: interest alignment
    title: Profit Sharing
  PIECE_RATE:
    text: PIECE_RATE
    description: Compensation based on units produced
    annotations:
      structure:
        tag: structure
        value: rate per unit produced
      productivity:
        tag: productivity
        value: productivity-based
      manufacturing:
        tag: manufacturing
        value: common in manufacturing
      measurement:
        tag: measurement
        value: output measurement
      efficiency:
        tag: efficiency
        value: efficiency incentive
    title: Piece Rate
  STIPEND:
    text: STIPEND
    description: Fixed regular allowance or payment
    annotations:
      purpose:
        tag: purpose
        value: specific purpose payment
      amount:
        tag: amount
        value: modest fixed amount
      regularity:
        tag: regularity
        value: regular payment
      supplemental:
        tag: supplemental
        value: supplemental income
      categories:
        tag: categories
        value: interns, volunteers, board members
    title: Stipend