Salary ranges you can publish. Without guessing.
ValuGrade takes you from roles to explainable pay groups and salary bands, with documents you can put to work. Evaluate roles consistently and prepare practical materials for the EU Pay Transparency Directive without starting from a blank page. Pay structures, made clear.
Full report from €44 (introductory price until 30 November 2026, 23:59 CET).
A clear minimum, midpoint and maximum built from your own pay data.
Four rules that affect every hire you make
Pay information before the interview
Candidates must get the initial pay level or range before the interview, for example in the job ad. 'Competitive salary' alone no longer does the job.
No salary-history questions
You may not ask what a candidate earns now or earned before, not in the form, not in the first call.
Employees can request pay info
Any worker can ask for their pay level and the averages by sex for work of equal value. You answer within a reasonable period and at the latest within two months.
It applies regardless of size
Only the gender pay gap reporting duty depends on headcount. Everything else applies to a five-person company too.
From company setup to documented pay structure
Set up your company
Choose the country, company size, pay currency and report language that apply to your work.
Add your roles
Enter the jobs you want to compare. Current pay is optional and is used only to calculate bands and flag outliers.
Evaluate consistently
Score every role against the same four gender-neutral criteria: skills, effort, responsibility and working conditions.
Build the structure
Use the scores to group work of equal value into grades and create salary ranges from the pay data you provide.
Document the result
Export a report with the structure, job-ad wording, pay criteria, a reply template and a country checklist.
ValuGrade supports consistent decisions and documentation. It does not certify legal compliance or replace legal advice.
A full report, yours to keep
Viewable on screen and downloadable as a PDF. Reopen it any time with your unique link.
- All grades with minimum, midpoint and maximum
- A band for every role, with outliers flagged
- A pay-range sentence ready to paste into each job ad
- A written pay criteria policy built on the four criteria
- A template reply to an employee pay information request
- Your country action checklist and implementation status
- The reporting duties for your exact size band
One-time, per company
No subscription. No account required to start.
Starter
Up to 5 roles
- Full grade structure and bands
- Pay-range sentence per role
- Pay criteria policy
- Pay information reply template
- Country checklist and PDF download
Business
Up to 30 roles
- Everything in Starter
- Up to 30 roles
- Outlier flags across the whole structure
- Best for 30 to 99 staff
Organisation
Up to 200 roles, best for 100 or more staff
- Everything in Business
- Up to 200 roles using the same transparent four-grade method
- Gender pay gap reporting preparation
- CSV template for the required indicators
- Best for 100 or more staff
For HR advisers and accountants
Need to create reports for several client companies? Ask about a partner licence designed for multi-client work.
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Building a pay structure with a consultant typically costs hundreds to thousands of euros. ValuGrade gives you a first version in about 15 minutes.
The directive in four answers
- What is the EU Pay Transparency Directive?
- Directive (EU) 2023/970 requires employers to be open about pay: salary ranges before the job interview, gender-neutral pay criteria and answers to pay-information requests. Member states had to transpose it by 7 June 2026.
- Does it apply to small companies?
- Yes. Pay transparency in recruitment, the ban on asking for salary history and the right to pay information apply to every employer. Pay gap reporting starts at 100 employees.
- What does ValuGrade do?
- ValuGrade helps you score roles on skills, effort, responsibility and working conditions, group them into grades and set salary bands, then gives you job-ad pay sentences, a pay-criteria policy and a reply template.
- How much does it cost?
- The preview is free. Until 30 November 2026 at 23:59 CET, the one-time prices are Starter €44 for up to 5 roles, Business €116 for up to 30 roles and Organisation €224 for 100 or more staff. Regular prices are €49, €129 and €249.
Questions before you start
This tool provides structure and templates, not legal advice. National implementation may add or change requirements. Check the official source before publishing job ads.