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Compensation & Benefits Benchmarking

Advisor-led, data-driven benchmarks tailored to your goals

Sequoia is the comp and benefits partner helping you stay fiscally disciplined and competitive for talent with a strategic benchmarking approach that combines expert insight and the right market data to align with your business goals. 

Make calls you can defend, backed by expertise and data

Our expert advisors help you benchmark against peer-aligned, forward-looking comp and benefits strategies by synthesizing market data to help you stay competitive without overspending.

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  • Prove your peer set with documented cohort rationale that stands up to executive and comp committee scrutiny.
  • Price for where you’re going using leading indicators and market insights, not just last cycle’s medians.
  • Trust your benchmarks by leveraging our expertise in synthesizing market data—from Sequoia’s proprietary insights to third-party data you provide.

Our comprehensive approach to comp and benefits benchmarking

Advisor perspective and platform continuity work together to help you build compensation and benefits programs that attract and retain talent while protecting spend. 

Compensation Benchmarking
  • Confidently define your competitive labor market
  • Finely tune your pay relative to the market
  • Leverage Carta-powered equity comparisons
  • Develop a set of compensation policies and practices
Benefits Benchmarking
  • Analyze healthcare spend within your peer set and growth stage
  • Benchmark contributions and funding by cohort and region with context
  • Compare plan design prevalence and overall competitiveness measures
  • Deliver plan design and eligibility recommendations with cost tradeoffs
Advisor-Led Benchmarking
  • Trust data-agnostic advisors who benchmark for your unique position
  • Get competitive assessments with gaps risks and priorities
  • Refine compensation and benefits philosophies with care
  • Factor in US and global context from ongoing market insight programs
Platform-Powered Benchmarking
  • Surface key benchmarks where you plan and approve
  • Add and compare datasets before choosing a decision basis
  • Map and reconcile sources to your job architecture and pay zones
  • See your data update as companies make changes across the ecosystem
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Flexible solutions for smarter comp and benefits strategies

Sequoia delivers our compensation and benefits expertise through right-sized solutions that cater to the unique needs of investor-backed companies of all sizes – from emerging startups to global enterprises.

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Advisory Solutions

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Outsourcing Solutions

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Platform Solutions

Impacting client success,
from emerging startup to household name

Explore how forward-thinking companies partner with Sequoia to achieve their business goals — from optimizing comp packages, to streamlining benefits administration, to elevating employee experiences.

Latest Insights & Resources

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Additional Resources
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Reports

Investor-Backed Guide to Executive Compensation
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Webinars

Rethinking Executive Compensation — with Sequoia and Carta
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Client Voices

Yext Scales a Unified Global Employee Experience
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Events

Ask the Experts: 2026 Employee Cost Containment

Let us expertly handle your comp and benefits.

Sequoia is the one partner to minimize all your moving parts.