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This explains our new hybrid approach to setting International Salaries, for those who have begun utilizing our new Support Goal Worksheet. If you have a current needs-based salary and would like to move toward this structure, please contact international@reliant.org. |
For international employees, we recognize that there is a vast difference in cost of living across the international cities where our workers live and minister. We recognize that workers have varying job roles and responsibilities that are worthy of unique compensation. We also recognize that while you will live in a different country, you are still an American that will need to retire, send kids to college, etc.
There are two types of salary structures that most employers utilize. One is a needs-based salary, by which you calculate your overall needs within the area you are going to work for the entirety of your family. The other is a market-based salary by which you are simply paid for the work you do regardless of family situation or needs. The majority of jobs in America are a market-based salary. Missions agencies and some other institutions utilize the needs-based salary. There are positives and negatives to both avenues. We won’t get into those at this time, but our team is happy to dialogue with you if desired.
We have developed a hybrid of the two whereby we assess provide your needs based on your family dynamic and location, while taking into consideration tenure and role to provide a “recommended household budget.” This provides for you a max salary that is equitable to the role and tenure of your job, but also considers the cost of living in your city and your family dynamic.
Keep in mind that this is not a required salary, but rather is a way to take the guesswork out of determining the needs based salary that Reliant International Workers have traditionally had to determine on their own.
Reliant International’s salary structure balances these realities in a way that we believe will ensure all our workers have what they need to thrive in their specific locations and uphold equitable compensation metrics.
The following page will guide you through how we determine your monthly salary.
Note: This is only relating to your actual salary. Your support goal, which includes ministry expenses, benefits, and admin fees, is the total amount per month that you will need to raise.
Determining Your Monthly Salary
For international workers, we are utilize the same Reliant US staff levels as our starting point. In collaboration with your supervisor, we will determine what job level is appropriate for your position and where on the salary range for that level makes sense based on tenure and performance. This number provides us a starting place, whereby we will make adjustments based on the cost of living in the location that you are serving in.
To make the adjustment to a comparable salary in the location a Reliant international worker is serving, we are going to break the appropriate US Reliant Salary into 3 segments and make adjustments accordingly:
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Adding Auxiliary Monthly Expenses
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Accepting Your Salary
This worksheet calculates the salary that we believe will allow you to thrive on the field, be adequately compensated for your job role, and make provisions for the future. Because all international workers are support-based, we offer you the freedom of accepting a lower salary. The support goal worksheet will default to accepting the total salary. If you want to take a lower salary, please choose that from the dropdown menu and enter a new amount below.
Paycheck Calculator
Please use the tab "Paycheck Calculator" to determine what your Net Pay will be after Federal Tax deductions and 401k Contributions. We have factored these into our Base Salaries and you are responsible for understanding your Tax Withholding. You must update your W-4 to notify Reliant of any changes.