People Advantage

Better leaders build profitable businesses.

Hire, develop, and retain the people leaders who turn talent into performance.

Measure what your people cost and contribute, then use coaching and development to improve it.

Benchmark your organization.

See how your pay, benefits, and people outcomes compare with companies like yours — then use the same data to build a benchmark of your own organization.

What your benchmark report shows

  • Manager and supervisor pay ranges by industry and company size
  • Benefits spend per employee and how your mix compares
  • Turnover and retention rates, and what they cost you
  • Time and cost to hire a people leader
  • Training and development investment per manager
  • Injury and absence cost as a share of payroll
  • People cost measured against EBITDA
People Intelligence
Illustrative data · not live market data

Salary competitiveness

Pay ranges · market position · hiring

Example organization

Manufacturing · 50–249 employees peer group

Manager base salary

$78K

Peer median $82K

Pay positioning

95%

Peer median 100%

Benefits / employee

$12K

Peer median $13K

Manager pay by function

Annual base pay ($K)

Your organizationPeer median
0285685113OperationsSalesPeopleFinance

Check the whole offer, not just base pay

Use role scope, location, benefits, and growth potential to shape a competitive offer.

Three numbers every leader should know.

How your pay compares, what turnover costs, and what injuries cost. Measure them here, then improve them with coaching and leader development.

What is turnover costing you?

500
$65,000
22%
40%
$12M

Annual turnover cost

$2,860,000

People leaving
110
Cost per exit
$26,000
Share of EBITDA
23.8%
Cut turnover 25%
+$715K

What are injuries costing you?

200
6
$40,000
$5M

Estimated annual injury cost

$504,000

Direct cost
$240K
Hidden costs
$264K
Your injury rate
3.0 / 100
Industry average
2.3 / 100
Share of EBITDA
10.1%
Cut injuries 25%
+$126K

Estimate only. Hidden costs (lost time, replacement, admin) are modeled at 1.1× direct cost. Industry averages are approximate public figures.

Measuring is step one. Better leadership moves the numbers.

Coaching and development help managers keep people, keep them safe, and keep them productive.

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How it works

For leaders looking for a role

  1. 1Build a free, confidential profile
  2. 2Browse open leadership roles
  3. 3Tap "I'm interested" to let the employer know

For employers

  1. 1Post a leadership role for free
  2. 2Browse leader profiles and see who's interested
  3. 3Use intro credits to connect and hire

Hire leaders with proven results

Sample profiles shown as examples.

Browse all leaders

Operations manager

Manager · Dallas, TX

Example: cut first-year turnover on a 40-person team

  • Retention
  • Scheduling
  • Lean

Head of People

Director · Remote

Example: built onboarding for a team that doubled in size

  • Onboarding
  • Benefits
  • Policy

Customer success lead

Manager · Denver, CO

Example: raised team pulse scores over two quarters

  • Coaching
  • Hiring
  • Metrics

Building a company? Build your leadership team here.

Plan your first leadership hires, set budgets, and get benefits quotes in one place.

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What is turnover costing you?

500
$65,000
22%
40%
$12M

Annual turnover cost

$2,860,000

People leaving
110
Cost per exit
$26,000
Share of EBITDA
23.8%
Cut turnover 25%
+$715K

The fix

Most people leave a manager, not a company. Better-trained leaders are the fastest way to bring this number down.

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