The framework primary serves educational and research purposes, where it is often important to identify groups of roughly comparable institutions.

There is no comparable institution in the Senate.

Did you look at any comparable institutions when you set up this one?

It found that on average all three hospitals employed two more full-time employees per hospital bed than comparable institutions.

"We already provide, not only competitive wages for our employees, but literally the most generous benefit program of any comparable institution in the nation."

The union says salaries are 18 percent below those at comparable institutions.

It also has maintained a larger library collection than institutions comparable in size.

"We did not put him at the top of comparable institutions."

If she - and her peers at comparable institutions - can do all that, everyone will benefit.

Compensation experts say the pay is less than for comparable institutions in the United States.