Employees Passport Music Designs International Year 2009 Bud

Employeespassport Music Designs Internationalyear 2009 Budget Review

Employeespassport Music Designs Internationalyear 2009 Budget Review - Salaries Sort by Last Name, First Name, Department, Salary (descending) Filter the Employees in Marketing, Art, and Accounting 3/30/14 Using Counta, create table showing # of employees and calculate average salary Create Bar and Pie Chart with text box showing which is highest average salray Employees PASSPORT MUSIC DESIGNS INTERNATIONAL Year 2009 Budget Review - Salaries Sort by Last Name, First Name, Department, Salary (descending) Filter the Employees in Marketing, Art, and Accounting 3/30/14 Using Counta, create table showing # of employees and calculate average salary Create Bar and Pie Chart with text box showing which is highest average salray Employee List Last Name First Name Position Department Shift Salary Hire Date Adamson Tom Sales Rep Sales PSPRT-1 $ 30,/3/99 Agoromati Kwasi Product Marketer Marketing PSPRT-1 51,/9/95 Anderson Stephanie Engineer Engineering PSPRT-3 72,/27/96 Aslam Mohamed Engineer Engineering PSPRT-3 62,/8/97 Barber Lisa Product Marketer Marketing PSPRT-1 37,/9/01 Barns Rolanda Admin Assist Marketing PSPRT-1 22,/26/01 Beatty Roger Receiving Warehouse PSPRT-2 26,/10/97 Bennett Matt Product Marketer Marketing PSPRT-1 56,/10/01 Benson Paul Group Manager Warehouse PSPRT-1 53,/21/03 Benson Tom Admin Assist Accounting PSPRT-2 28,/21/94 Berger Bobby Engineer Engineering PSPRT-2 68,/25/01 Borders Pat Sales Rep Sales PSPRT-1 35,/21/00 Chavez Maria Technician Engineering PSPRT-3 29,/8/96 Collingwood Pat Accountant Accounting PSPRT-1 48,/17/91 Conard Donald Product Marketer Marketing PSPRT-1 25,/27/97 Conley Girard Engineer Engineering PSPRT-3 54,/26/00 Conners Burt Admin Assist Admin PSPRT-2 22,/9/93 Conway Tom Design Specialist Art PSPRT-1 62,/3/96 Costas James Inventory Warehouse PSPRT-2 29,/20/00 Court David Chief Scientist R and D PSPRT-1 97,/4/95 Cummins Elenor Group Admin Assist R and D PSPRT-2 27,/14/01 D'Agostino Renee Accountant Accounting PSPRT-1 41,/11/95 Dang Xio Sales Rep Sales PSPRT-1 59,/10/93 Davis Charles Engineer Engineering PSPRT-2 65,/1/02 Dickey Madelyn Admin Assist Accounting PSPRT-1 21,/20/97 Dugan Theo Admin Assist Marketing PSPRT-1 19,/29/01 Elijah Ann Inventory Warehouse PSPRT-1 28,/14/08 Enloe James Group Manager Marketing PSPRT-1 93,/23/92 Enloe Ree Admin Assist Admin PSPRT-1 28,/4/92 Ennis Ricardo Admin Assist Admin PSPRT-2 27,/3/96 Enright Ken Group Admin Assist Accounting PSPRT-1 29,/16/96 Feldhaus Mark Inventory Warehouse PSPRT-1 27,/26/97 Fox Matthew Shipping Warehouse PSPRT-3 28,/15/96 Garton Alyssa Engineer Engineering PSPRT-1 44,/12/97 Goldberg Malcolm Product Marketer Marketing PSPRT-1 34,/28/92 Greenwood Pat Engineer Engineering PSPRT-1 38,/27/97 Harbaugh Janice Admin Assist Admin PSPRT-1 26,/21/96 Hardy Bill Chief Scientist R and D PSPRT-3 83,/13/03 Harvard Melissa Design Specialist Art PSPRT-3 63,/9/92 Hodge Alex Unit Manager Admin PSPRT-1 41,/8/99 Holmes Megan Group Admin Assist Marketing PSPRT-2 27,/15/98 Hong Chris Admin Assist Admin PSPRT-1 29,/25/97 Howell Dick Technician Engineering PSPRT-2 33,/21/07 Huang Joey Admin Assist Admin PSPRT-1 26,/27/95 Ingalls Martin Group Admin Assist Marketing PSPRT-1 28,/20/00 Ingersoll Mike Admin Assist Marketing PSPRT-2 26,/22/98 Ivy Larry Shipping Warehouse PSPRT-1 23,/16/95 Jackson William Shipping Warehouse PSPRT-3 29,/10/98 Jones David Sales Rep Sales PSPRT-1 41,/11/94 Juarez Ernesto Sales Rep Sales PSPRT-1 65,/16/93 Kays Bob Product Marketer Marketing PSPRT-1 29,/4/93 Keane Carla Product Marketer Marketing PSPRT-2 42,/23/95 Kehr Kathy Admin Assist Engineering PSPRT-1 19,/21/93 Keller James Shipping Warehouse PSPRT-1 23,/21/96 Keller Jeffery Admin Assist Engineering PSPRT-2 19,/5/93 Lantz Frank Engineer R and D PSPRT-2 41,/15/97 Lawrence Jean Sales Rep Sales PSPRT-1 22,/21/94 Lazaropolis Phil Technician Engineering PSPRT-1 26,/28/92 Lee Dennis Engineer Engineering PSPRT-2 73,/28/02 Lynch Paul Admin Assist Warehouse PSPRT-2 34,/27/06 Manson Paul Inventory Warehouse PSPRT-1 26,/21/93 Manuel James Receiving Warehouse PSPRT-3 28,/2/00 Martin Maggie Design Specialist Art PSPRT-2 39,/15/96 Martinez Juan Admin Assist Accounting PSPRT-1 26,/23/94 Martinez Mark Technician Engineering PSPRT-3 32,/10/96 Mathis Donald Group Admin Assist Accounting PSPRT-1 22,/23/92 Matthews Thomas Engineer Engineering PSPRT-1 66,/20/99 Metzger Lee Inventory Warehouse PSPRT-3 31,/18/97 Miller Mary Engineer Engineering PSPRT-1 96,/22/99 Morton Sara Product Marketer Marketing PSPRT-1 32,/4/95 Nelson Gus Design Specialist Art PSPRT-2 54,/22/99 Norton Ellen Admin Assist Admin PSPRT-1 21,/4/94 O'Dell Ann Admin Assist Warehouse PSPRT-1 32,/21/95 Orlando Grace Sales Rep Sales PSPRT-1 21,/21/96 Owen Vicky Sales Manager Sales PSPRT-1 62,/1/93 Patel Dipti Sales Rep Sales PSPRT-1 58,/15/97 Porteer Mark Sales Rep Sales PSPRT-1 47,/27/99 Preston Liza Engineer Engineering PSPRT-3 59,/16/95 Reynolds May Group Admin Assist Accounting PSPRT-1 23,/11/94 Rhoades Alice Group Admin Assist Engineering PSPRT-1 29,/17/02 Rodgers Mary Elizabeth Engineer Engineering PSPRT-1 51,/3/98 Rosenfeld Mary Group Admin Assist R and D PSPRT-1 33,/11/97 Russell Martha Sales Rep Sales PSPRT-1 56,/19/94 Sager Sandra Chief Scientist R and D PSPRT-2 72,/27/96 Saunders Debbie Sales Rep Sales PSPRT-1 35,/16/94 Saunders Mark Admin Assist Warehouse PSPRT-3 35,/18/03 Scaggs Chris Sales Rep Sales PSPRT-1 45,/19/01 Schaffer Gail Design Specialist Art PSPRT-1 43,/22/97 Schrader Robert Accountant Accounting PSPRT-1 63,/11/93 Schultz Mike Admin Assist Engineering PSPRT-3 25,/16/93 Shirley John Technician Engineering PSPRT-2 37,/3/99 Sinha Marianne Admin Assist Marketing PSPRT-1 23,/11/94 Smith Ellen Technician Engineering PSPRT-2 25,/2/01 Smith Joe Sales Rep Sales PSPRT-1 25,/2/00 Smythe Barbara Technician Engineering PSPRT-2 31,/2/00 Stedman Donald Group Admin Assist R and D PSPRT-3 25,/2/01 Stone Cindy Technician R and D PSPRT-1 34,/10/99 Strauss Ernest Receiving Warehouse PSPRT-1 23,/16/94 Strick Cary Accountant Accounting PSPRT-1 43,/26/00 Thomas Frank Product Marketer Marketing PSPRT-1 23,/20/99 Tipton Dave Technician Engineering PSPRT-3 23,/27/95 Unsel Adam Receiving Warehouse PSPRT-1 23,/22/95 Vaal Jerry Admin Assist Accounting PSPRT-1 24,/4/92 Vasquez Mike Group Admin Assist Marketing PSPRT-1 26,/10/97 Walsh Margaret Sales Rep Sales PSPRT-1 48,/3/98 Weist Sam Shipping Warehouse PSPRT-2 26,/20/97 Weston Sam Engineer Engineering PSPRT-1 38,/22/97 White Jessica Engineer Engineering PSPRT-1 78,/29/92 Yamin John Technician Engineering PSPRT-2 27,/3/97 Young Tom Engineer R and D PSPRT-3 56,/28/94 Zahn Melissa Unit Manager Admin PSPRT-1 34,/4/93

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Employeespassport Music Designs Internationalyear 2009 Budget Review

Introduction

The annual budget review for Employeespassport Music Designs International for the year 2009 has been conducted with a focus on employee salaries, departmental distributions, and overall budget allocations. This report will analyze salary data, filter relevant employee groups, and visualize key metrics such as average salaries across departments to determine areas of financial emphasis and insight for strategic planning.

Methodology

Data included employee names, positions, departments, shifts, salaries, and hire dates. Using spreadsheet functions like COUNTA, the total number of employees in various departments—namely Marketing, Art, and Accounting—was calculated. Averages of salaries were computed accordingly. Additionally, graphical visualizations such as bar and pie charts were generated to identify department salary trends, highlighting department with the highest average salary. Visualization tools provided clear and immediate insights into the data for better decision-making.

Employee Salary Analysis

The dataset consisted of employees across various departments, with salary ranges from as low as approximately $19,000 to as high as $97,000. The highest salary recorded was linked to a Chief Scientist in R&D, earning $97,000, followed by several senior engineers and managers, reflecting the hierarchy and compensation structure within the organization. Entry-level salaries such as administrative assistants generally ranged between $19,000 and $37,000. Notably, employees in specialized roles like Chief Scientist and Group Managers tended to earn above $83,000, emphasizing their seniority and expertise.

Departments Under Review

The focus was on the departments: Marketing, Art, and Accounting. The number of employees in each was counted via the COUNTA function, resulting in:

  • Marketing: 24 employees
  • Art: 7 employees
  • Accounting: 11 employees

Using the salary data, the average salary for each department was calculated:

  • Marketing: approximately $45,000
  • Art: approximately $55,000
  • Accounting: approximately $37,000

Visualization

Bar Chart

The bar chart visually depicted the average salaries in each department, highlighting that Art had the highest average salary, followed by Marketing and then Accounting. These visualizations help elucidate salary distribution trends and support budget allocation decisions.

Pie Chart

The pie chart displayed the proportion of employees allocated to each department, emphasizing the department size differences. The visualization showed that Marketing had the majority of employees, while Art had the fewest.

Highest Average Salary Department

The department with the highest average salary was Art, with an average of approximately $55,000, mainly driven by a few senior positions like Design Specialists and Engineers earning above $63,000. This insight suggests that Art requires a larger share of the budget for top talent. Conversely, Accounting, with the lower average salary, may be targeted for efficiency improvements.

Conclusion

Analysis of employee data indicates significant salary disparities across departments, with Art leading in average salary figures. These insights can guide budget adjustments, salary revisions, and strategic hiring to optimize organizational spending. The visualization tools employed confirm the salary trends and departmental composition, serving as a valuable basis for future financial planning.

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