Zip to Zone takes the Novo Labor Market Taxonomy — 582 U.S. labor markets built from workforce participation and commute data — and lets your comp team group them into the handful of pay zones your business runs on.
Every US ZIP code already belongs to a labor market based on a transparent methodology around how people actually participate in the workforce. Zip to Zone groups those markets into 2 to 12 pay zones, weighted by where your employees are, and hands you a file that maps every ZIP code to a zone.
Compensation teams with a distributed workforce who need a geographic pay structure they can explain to finance, to leadership, and to an employee who asks why their offer differs from a colleague two states away.
Workforce demographics and commute information come from public federal data, adjusted for occupation mix so you compare like with like. Baseline wage data is also fully transparent and freely available. The method is published, and every export records the exact inputs behind it. Read the methodology.
Professional, hourly, or a blend. The choice sets which wage level drives your zones.
Upload an employee file with ZIP codes so zones reflect where your workforce actually sits. Optional.
Pick a number between 2 and 12, or let the recommendation find the natural breaks for you.
One row per ZIP code, every row carrying its zone. Ready for your HRIS or comp system.
A one-time $700 implementation fee applies in the first year only. Consultant support is available at an additional cost.