Why CoRe Delivers Bulgaria's Most Accurate Salary Guide?

Real Data, Real Insights

While traditional salary guides rely on survey estimates and self-reported data, CORE's compensation research leverages actual payroll information to provide the market intelligence HR professionals trust.

Most salary guides collect data through surveys - asking employees what they think they earn or HR managers to estimate ranges. CORE takes a fundamentally different approach: we analyse actual payroll data from participating companies, ensuring every data point reflects real compensation packages paid to real employees.

Why Real Payroll Data Matters

Survey-based salary guides suffer from three critical flaws: respondent bias (people overestimate their worth), incomplete data (forgetting bonuses or benefits), and outdated information. CORE's direct payroll integration eliminates these issues, delivering compensation intelligence you can stake your budget on.

CORE's Global Performance System (GPS) isn't just another job classification framework—it's a sophisticated methodology that evaluates roles across two critical dimensions:

Professional Complexity:

We analyze the actual duties, responsibilities, and technical requirements of each role, creating apple-to-apple comparisons across organizations.

Company Complexity:

Size, structure, and industry dynamics all impact compensation. GPS factors in your organizational context to ensure relevant benchmarking.

These variables intersect to determine precise Compensation Classes groupings of similar-complexity roles that provide accurate external market references.

While other salary guides focus on base pay, CORE delivers the complete compensation picture:

• Gross Salary Analysis: Monthly and annual base compensation with statistical depth
• Guaranteed Allowances: Food, transportation, holiday pay, and other fixed benefits
• Performance Bonuses: Both target and actual bonus data—see what companies really pay
• Total Cash Compensation: The complete package including all monetary rewards
• Benefits & HR Policies: Comprehensive analysis of non-cash compensation elements

Unmatched Market Coverage:
900+ Positions Across 20+ Functions

CORE's database encompasses the Bulgarian employment landscape with surgical precision. From C-suite executives to entry-level specialists, we benchmark positions across all major business functions including IT, Banking, BPO, Manufacturing, and emerging sectors.

Our specialized depth in Banking, Business Process Outsourcing, and Information Technology provides granular insights for these critical industries - down to specific technical roles and seniority levels.

CORE guarantees what survey-based guides can't:

• Reliable Market Data: Based on actual payroll, not estimates or memories
  
• Attraction & Retention Power: Know exactly what top talent costs—and what they're worth
  
• Budget Planning Precision: Forecast with confidence using real market movements
  
• Internal Equity Assessment: Identify and fix pay gaps before they become retention issues
  
• Competitive Evaluation: See where you really stand, not where surveys suggest you might be

Transform Your Compensation Strategy with Real Data

Stop making critical pay decisions based on survey guesswork. CORE's payroll-based salary guides provide the market intelligence you need to attract talent, retain performers, and optimize your HR budget.