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Salary.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: SLRY), a leading provider of on-demand compensation and talent management solutions, today announced that it recently partnered with The Conference Board to provide executive compensation data for The 2007 Top Executive Compensation Report. The report reveals that CEOs of the largest companies have a substantial amount of their compensation tied to company performance. Salary.com provided performance and pay data for over 2,600 companies and their executives as of June 2007, compiled from proxy and financial statements. The data was categorized into 22 industries in both manufacturing and services. CompAnalyst Executive� from Salary.com is an on-demand executive compensation benchmarking tool that provides executive pay and company performance data for the top five executive officers at all U.S. public companies � the most robust data set commercially available today. Salary.com�s team of Certified Compensation Professionals� * research and extract data from proxy filings and process the data using rigorous quality assurance measures to provide corporate compensation and HR professionals with the most accurate and up-to-date executive compensation database possible. CompAnalyst Executive provides over fifty different search criteria, enabling users to quickly locate the data relevant to their research. This definitive source of data is combined with easy to use peer group management and reporting tools to make executive and director compensation research fast and efficient. �Salary.com provides not only the largest database of executive and director compensation and company performance data available today, but applies the most aggressive standards for quality assurance and accuracy,� said Bill Coleman, chief compensation officer, Salary.com. �Our data analysts, both domestically and abroad, work around the clock to ensure that our customers have access to the quality of data they need to conduct executive pay research. We are honored to work with an organization as reputable and committed to data quality as The Conference Board on this valuable and timely report.� According to The Conference Board study, the utilities industry and the food and tobacco industry top the list of median CEO compensation. The highest median CEO total compensation was $3.9 million for the utilities industry and $3.8 million for the food and tobacco industry. Because of the broad-brush classification that includes many smaller �commercial banks� along with the larger banks and �nonbanking financial services� companies, the ranking of financial services is at the bottom of the median CEO compensation list with $734,000. While on average larger companies pay higher salaries, the fraction of total compensation that is delivered by base salary is lower as companies get larger. The smallest 10 percent of companies deliver 57 percent of their total compensation in salary, whereas the largest 10 percent of companies deliver only 12.5 percent as salary. In 2007, The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) released new rules relating to the disclosure of executive and director compensation. These rules dictate the way that public companies must disclose the details of executive pay packages to provide shareholders with greater clarity and consistency. In addition to the new Compensation Discussion and Analysis (CD&A), the SEC requires broader executive compensation disclosures across three categories: current compensation, equity-related holdings that can be the source of future gains, and retirement plans and other post-employment compensation. The Conference Board report illuminates the composition of total compensation as comprised by seven elements: salary, bonus, non-equity incentive, stock, the value of options granted, the change in the value of the pension, and other compensation (for example, the private use of aircraft.) More information about this report is available at: http://www.conference-board.org/publications/describe.cfm?id=1456 *Certified Compensation Professional is a registered trademark of WorldatWork. About Salary.com, Inc. Salary.com is a leading provider of on-demand compensation and talent management solutions helping businesses and individuals manage pay and performance. Salary.com's highly configurable software applications, proprietary data and consulting services help HR and compensation professionals automate, streamline and optimize critical talent management processes including: market pricing, compensation planning, performance management, competency management and succession planning. Built with compensation and competency data at the core, Salary.com solutions provide businesses of all sizes with the most productive and cost-effective way to manage and inspire their most important asset -- their people. For more information, visit www.salary.com. About The Conference Board The Conference Board is the world's preeminent business membership and research organization. Best known for the Consumer Confidence Index and the Leading Economic Indicators, The Conference Board has, for over 90 years, equipped the world's leading corporations with practical knowledge through issues-oriented research and senior executive peer-to-peer meetings. In an uncertain world of intense competition, increasing public accountability, and global risks, The Conference Board provides its members � top executives and industry leaders from the most respected corporations in the United States and around the world � with vital business intelligence and forward-looking best practices. At the same time, The Conference Board promotes confidence in the free enterprise system by shaping the values critical to ethical business performance. The Conference Board is a not-for-profit organization and holds 501 (c) (3) tax-exempt status in the United States. For more information, visit www.conference-board.org.