Compensation professionals and HR professionals work with line and staff managers to plan the pay raise program. It is necessary to understand how the employee performance distribution and choices of pay raise amounts per employee across performance categories influence. Estimating these costs will help compensation professionals prepare their requests for funding proposed pay raises. Employee Performance Rating Distributions​(%) Proposed Pay Raise Per Employee​ ($)
Last​ Year's (Actual) Current​ Year-End (Projected)
Superior 7 8 1,650
Above Average 27 29 1,320
Average 29 27 1,056
Below Average 18 16 844.80
Poor 19 20 675.84
Question: Number of​ Employees: 4,750
​a) Based on last​ year's performance distribution employees received a rating of poor.
​b) Based on last​ year's performance distribution employees received a rating of below average.
​c) Based on last​ year's performance distribution employees received a rating of average.
​d) Based on last​ year's performance distribution employees received a rating of above average.
e) Based on last​ year's performance distribution employees received a rating of superior.