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The PayGapCheck Report

Every gap.
Every cohort.
No surprises.

PayGapCheck doesn't aggregate away the problem. It shows you exactly where gaps exist, at what level, and what it would cost to close them. From executive summary to individual priority flags.

PAYGAPCHECK™ · Confidential Report
Acme Technologies Ltd
Reference Year 2026 · EUR · 218 employees
−14.8%
Median Gender Pay Gap · Total Cash Compensation
Priority Review
Cohort gaps by role level × job family
Eng · Sr Specialist
−14.9%
Finance · Sr Spec.
−11.1%
HR · Medior Spec.
−9.2%
Eng · Lead Spec.
−2.8%
Sales · Medior
−1.6%
Live interactive web report
Pay Equity Excel — HRIS-ready
PDF included

What's inside

Six modules of intelligence.
One clear answer.

Your report is structured as six analytical modules — from the boardroom signal to the individual action list. Each layer tells a different part of the story, for a different audience.

You receive a live interactive web report — a private URL with hover tooltips, collapsible AI analysis, and section navigation. And a Pay Equity Excel file with every flagged employee by ID, ready to action in your HRIS. A PDF is included for archiving.

6Analytical
modules
23+Report
sections
18AI analysis
zones
Live web report
+Excel action file

Six modules.
One organisation. Fully mapped.

Each module serves a different audience and answers a different question. Scroll down to explore each one in detail.

A
Module A — Executive View
The signal before the detail
IES score, gap decomposition, function priority map, cost corridor. Everything the board needs before opening a single chart.
Board · CFO · CEO
4 sections
Explore ↓
B
Module B — Structural Patterns
Where and how the gap is built
Pipeline erosion by level, pay quartile distribution, progression trajectory, salary band spread, manager premium differential.
CHRO · People VP
5 sections
Explore ↓
C
Module C — Deep Analytics
Multi-variable cross-dimensional view
Tenure × pay deviation scatter. Compensation matrix with structural signals. Six-dimension equity radar. Bonus & variable pay.
People Analytics · Comp Lead
5 sections
Explore ↓
D
Module D — Total Rewards & Career
Where the gap was built
Hiring trajectory by vintage year. Career velocity gaps. Benefits access inequality. Compounded risk profiles: Drift, Ceiling, Invisible.
Comp & Benefits · CHRO
4 sections
Explore ↓
E
Module E — EU PTD · Regulatory
Full transparency reporting. Built-in.
Every metric required by EU Pay Transparency Directive 2023/970 Art. 9(1)(a–g). Organisation-level + per-function. Ready to submit.
Legal · Compliance · HR Director
A9 + per-function
Explore ↓
F
Module F — Priority Action
Every case that needs attention
Cross-layer action intelligence. Retention risk matrix. Every flagged cohort. Individual priority flags across all dimensions.
HR Operations · Legal · CHRO
5 sections
Explore ↓

Your Action File

The Excel that goes
straight to your HRIS.

Every flagged employee with their own ID — the same ID you use in your HR system. Deviation, cohort context, action priority, and plain-language reasoning. Open it. Filter it. Act on it. No reformatting needed.

  • Employee IDs match your HRIS exactly — no cross-referencing
  • Deviation from peer cohort median, calculated the same way every time
  • Action priority: ⚠ Critical — Act Now / → Priority — This Quarter / ○ Review
  • Plain-language "Why Flagged" column — written for HR, not analysts
  • Gender Pay Gap tab + Pay Equity tab + Summary tab
  • AI Action Brief tab — executive narrative in plain English
  • File named for your company and reference year — ready to share
PayGapCheck_Acme-Technologies_2024_Pay-Equity-Review.xlsx
Action Brief
Gender Pay Gap
Pay Equity
Summary
Employee IDFunctionLevelGenderPeer MedianPay GapActionWhy Flagged
EMP-0847IT OperationsSeniorWoman€74,200−23.4%⚠ CriticalPaid 23.4% below peer median. All 4 cohorts in IT Ops flagged.
EMP-1203FinanceSeniorWoman€68,400−19.1%⚠ CriticalPay gap + stagnation since last promotion (3.2 yrs vs 1.8 median).
EMP-0391ProductMediorWoman€54,100−14.7%→ PriorityBelow cohort median. No access to stock options (peer rate: 68%).
EMP-2156EngineeringLeadWoman€92,800−11.2%→ Priority11.2% below cohort median. Longest tenure in cohort (6.4 yrs).
+ 118 more employees in the full file (Critical, Priority, Review)
Deep dive · Module by module
Module A — Executive View
The signal
before the detail.

What the board needs before opening a single chart. Internal Equity Score, gap decomposition, function-level overview, and the cost corridor. One page. Boardroom-ready.

A.1
Internal Equity Score
Composite 0–100 index across four dimensions. Priority Review threshold = 50.
A.2
Gap Decomposition
Explained structural factors vs unexplained PTD residual. Regulatory risk quantified.
A.3
Function Priority Map
IES by department. At a glance: where to focus, where you're clean.
A.4
Cost Corridor
Low–high annual correction estimate. A CFO conversation tool, not a prescription.
Internal Equity Score · Acme Technologies 2024
41
IES Score /100
Priority Review — below 50
69Pay equity
7Representation
0Promotion
48Process
23.5%
Median gap
€478k
Correction est.
HIGH
PTD exposure
Level concentration
3.9pp
3.9
Function selection
3.0pp
3.0
Tenure differential
2.4pp
2.4
Unexplained — PTD
14.2pp
14.2
Total gap
23.5pp
23.5
Module B — Structural Patterns
Where and how
the gap is built.

The CHRO's diagnostic layer. Pipeline erosion by level, quartile distribution, pay progression trajectories, salary band spread, and manager pay premium differentials. Five dimensions of the same problem.

B.1
Pipeline Funnel
Female representation % by career level — across all functions simultaneously.
B.2
Pay Quartile Distribution
Who occupies which salary quartile by gender. The structural view that medians miss.
B.3
Pay Progression Trajectory
Median salary arc F vs M across career levels. The gap that compounds with seniority.
B.4
Salary Band Spread
P10–P90 salary range by level and gender.
B.5
Manager Pay Premium
Salary uplift on management transition by gender. Where reward systems diverge.
Pipeline Funnel · Representation by level
JNR
MED
SNR
LEAD
TL
Software Dev
50%
44%
50%
33%
50%
Sales
50%
33%
50%
HR & People
100%
100%
≥50% parity 33–49% <33% flagged
Pay Quartile Distribution
Q1 — Lower
68% F
32% M
Q2
56% F
44% M
Q3
44% F
56% M
Q4 — Upper
32% F
68% M

36pp gap between Q1 and Q4 female representation.

Module C — Deep Analytics
Multi-variable
cross-dimensional view.

Tenure × pay deviation. Compensation architecture by function and level. Six-dimension equity radar. Bonus and variable pay gap. Every analytical dimension the data supports.

C.1
Tenure × Pay Deviation
Individual-level scatter: pay deviation vs cohort median by tenure.
C.2
Compensation Matrix
Median salary by function × level. With compression, inversion and isolation signals flagged inline.
C.3
Cohort Gap Map
Every cohort in one view. Bubble size = headcount. Colour = gap severity.
C.4
Department Equity Radar
Six-dimension equity profile per function.
C.5
Bonus & Variable Pay Equity
Average annual bonus by level and gender. Variable pay in scope under PTD Article 8.
Compensation Matrix · function × level
FunctionJuniorMediorSeniorLeadTL
Software Dev
€36k
€52k
€74k
€103k
€114k
Sales
€61k
€81k
€145k
Finance
€66k
HR & People
€43k
€57k
Compression Isolation
Tenure × Pay Deviation
F
F
F
M
M
M
Tenure (years) →

Female employees cluster below cohort median. Male at or above.

Module D — Total Rewards & Career Intelligence
Where the gap
was built.

The temporal and rewards layer. Hiring trajectory by vintage year. Career velocity — how long each gender waits at the same level. Benefits access gap. Compounded risk profiles: three structural patterns invisible to standard pay analysis.

D.1
Hiring Trajectory
Annual headcount by gender. Vintage drift — is the gap narrowing in recent hires?
D.2
Career Velocity
Time in current level, company tenure, stagnation since last promotion — by gender.
D.3
Benefits Distribution
Access rate gap across health insurance, company car, pension, and stock options.
D.4
Compounded Risk Profiles
Three typologies: Drift (merit cycle accumulation), Ceiling (entry salary calibration), Invisible (pay near median, excluded from perks).
Hiring Trajectory · Benefits Access Gap
Hiring Trajectory
Female Male
Benefits Access Gap
Stock options
42pp gap
HIGH
Company car
24pp gap
MED
Pension
8pp
OK
Health insurance
OK
Module E — EU PTD · Regulatory
Full transparency
reporting. Built-in.

Every metric required by EU Pay Transparency Directive 2023/970 Article 9(1)(a)–(g). Organisation-level summary and per-function detail. Mandatory for ≥100 FTE from 2027. Ready to submit.

E.1
PTD Article 9 · Compliance Summary
All seven mandatory Art. 9(1)(a–g) metrics at organisation level.
E.2
Per-Function PTD Detail
Same seven metrics broken down by job family. Structured for regulatory submission.
Regulatory timeline
≥100 FTE → 2027 · ≥50 FTE → 2031
PTD Article 9 · Seven mandatory metrics
9aMedian total compensation gap−14.8%
9bMean total compensation gap−9.4%
9cQuartile distribution Q1–Q468/56/44/32%
9dVariable pay gap (median)−22.1%
9eVariable pay eligibility F / M44% / 61%
9f–gOvertime · Supplementary paymentsNo data

Art. 9 gap ≥5% triggers joint pay assessment obligation. Current gap: 14.8%.

Module F — Priority Action
Every case that
needs attention.

Cross-layer action intelligence. All cases requiring attention — not just gender pay gap, but retention risk, career stagnation, benefits exclusion, and structural dysfunction. The full picture. Act now.

F.1
Retention Risk Matrix
Gap magnitude × average cohort tenure. Where the urgency is concentrated.
F.2
Priority Review Cohorts
Full table of every cohort with gap ≥10%.
F.3
Review Required
Cohorts with gap 5–10%. Typology classification guidance.
F.4
Cohort Analysis per Job Family
All comparable groups per function. Complete, structured, ready for HR review.
F.5
Individual Priority Flags
Hashed employee references with gap vs cohort peers, tenure, performance signal.
Retention Risk + Priority Cohorts
Function · LevelGapScale
Software Dev · Medior19.7%
Software Dev · Senior19.6%
Sales · Team Lead19.5%
+ 19 more cohorts in full report

Six modules. One organisation.
Fully mapped.

How the report reads

Three lenses.
One organisation.

Your report is built to be read at three levels of resolution — from the boardroom signal to the individual action list.

Macro — Organisation
The signal
Your internal equity score, company-wide gap, PTD exposure level, and cost envelope. One page. One number that tells the board whether to act.
41/100
Internal Equity Score · illustrative
Meso — Functions
The pattern
IES by department, quartile distribution, pipeline erosion, manager premium. Where the gap is concentrated — and where it's already clean.
7 of 8
Departments in Priority Review · illustrative
Micro — Cohorts
The case
Per-cohort gaps, individual priority flags, retention risk positioning. The cases that need review — ranked, contextualised, ready for action.
22 of 27
Cohorts flagged for review · illustrative
AI Analysis — included in every report

Not just numbers.
Narrative intelligence.

Every analytical section includes an AI-generated contextual commentary — grounded in your actual data. Not generic text. Not templates. Specific observations, derived from your specific numbers.

Structural Pattern
"Software Development shows consistent 19–21% gaps across all seniority levels from Medior through Team Lead, indicating structural undervaluation of female technical talent rather than isolated role-specific issues."
Leadership Question
"What hiring salary negotiation patterns in Software Development have produced identical gaps across four consecutive seniority levels? What sponsorship dynamics drive the 17pp female representation drop at Senior level?"
Pipeline Signal
"Software Development loses female representation at Lead level, directly constricting the leadership pipeline. This forecasts a worsening imbalance in technical leadership within 3–5 years."
Financial Framing
"Technology sector replacement costs typically run 150–200% of salary. Preventing attrition of even 3–4 affected Software Development employees delivers positive return on remediation investment."

Gap Typology

What kind of gap
do you actually have?

PayGapCheck classifies your gap into one of three typologies — because the right action depends on what's driving the number, not just the number itself.

Persistent

Structural pay inequity across comparable roles

Men and women in the same roles at the same level are paid differently. Gap exists within cohorts, not just across them. Requires direct pay review.

Distributional

Gap driven by concentration in lower-pay roles

Within-cohort pay is broadly equitable, but women are over-represented in lower-level or lower-paid functions. A structural representation issue, not a direct pay issue.

Concentrated

Gap isolated to specific cohorts or functions

Overall gap is modest, but one or two specific cohorts show significant divergence. Targeted review is sufficient — no need for company-wide action.

Built for every reader

Same data.
Different questions.

Every executive comes to a pay equity report with a different question. PayGapCheck is built so each of them gets their answer — without reading chapters that aren't theirs.

CEO
"Do we actually have a problem — and what will it cost us?"

Your report opens with a single Internal Equity Score — one number that tells you whether to act. Below it: a directional cost corridor, low to high, for the board conversation. And an AI-generated brief that frames what the data actually shows — without legal language, without activist framing. Clear enough to present. Defensible enough to stand behind.

CFO
"What's the regulatory exposure — and how do we quantify it?"

The gap decomposition splits your total gap into explained structural factors and an unexplained residual — the figure that matters under Article 9. If the residual exceeds 5%, you have a mandatory joint pay assessment obligation. The cost corridor gives you a directional estimate, not a legal figure — but enough for a risk committee or an audit conversation.

CHRO / People VP
"Where is the gap — and what's actually driving it?"

This is the layer the report is built for. Pipeline erosion by level. Quartile distribution. Career velocity gaps. Benefits access inequality. Every structural pattern across your organisation — mapped simultaneously. You'll know which functions to prioritise, which patterns are structural versus distributional, and exactly which individuals need review. The Excel file goes directly to your HRIS.

Legal / Compliance
"Are we ready to report — and what do we need to document?"

Module E maps every metric required by EU PTD 2023/970 Article 9(1)(a)–(g) — at organisation level and per function. You'll see exactly where your gaps sit against the 5% threshold, which cohorts require documented justification, and what your position is across all seven mandatory indicators. Structured for submission. Not for internal awareness.

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