ChurchSalary encourages churches to start with a budget-only report--i.e., leave the attendance field blank--for several reasons. The biggest reason is because it increases the sample size of your reports by 2-4 times. Also, it tends to increase accuracy and provide you with more averages in the Salary Comparison section.
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To run a budget-only report, all you need to do is exclude or remove size as a criteria on either the Query or Report pages.
On the Query page
To generate a salary report, ChurchSalary only requires four pieces of information or criteria:
Position (e.g., senior pastor)
Zip code
Employment status (i.e., full- or part-time)
Church budget
Note: If you are unsure which position to select for your report, view the expanded descriptions of all positions - in our Help Center article here!
In order to create a budget-only report, supply the first three criteria based on the employee you are evaluating and select a Church Budget but leave the Church Size field blank (or choose ’Select size range’ to clear your existing selection). Click the green Continue button at the bottom and the Salary Calculator will generate a report that only includes salary data for employees serving at churches with a similar budget.
On the Report page
If you have already created a budget and size report, members can exclude size and re-run the report using the control interface in the upper left-hand corner. Simply scroll to the top, click on Size, and drag the slider to the left until it says “not specified” or click X Reset. This will clear your church size selection and produce a report using only employee data from churches in your budget range.