Workday determines an employee's primary compensation basis by evaluating all ranked compensation bases in ascending order of their rank number. The first basis for which the employee meets the eligibility criteria is designated as the primary.

In this scenario, the full-time, non-sales employee in Mexico is eligible for:

Total Compensation Non-Sales (Rank 20)

Total Pay (Mexico) (Rank 40)

Salary and Seniority (Unranked)

Workday evaluates Rank 10 (India) first; the employee is not eligible. It then evaluates Rank 20 (Non-Sales); the employee is eligible. Therefore, "Total Compensation Non-Sales" becomes the primary basis, and the evaluation stops. Unranked bases are never considered for primary basis selection.

A. Total Pay (Mexico): Although the employee is eligible, its rank (40) is higher than another eligible basis (20), so it is not selected as the primary.

B. Salary and Seniority: This basis is unranked and, by definition, cannot be selected as the primary compensation basis.

C. Total Compensation Sales: The employee is a support analyst, not a sales employee, and is therefore ineligible for this basis.

1. Workday Documentation: Compensation Core Guide. The section on "Set Up Compensation Bases" details the configuration and logic. It states

"Workday uses the rank to determine the primary compensation basis for a worker. Workday evaluates the ranked compensation bases in ascending order. The first compensation basis for which the worker is eligible becomes the primary compensation basis." (Note: Specific document versions and page numbers are dynamic in Workday's documentation system

but this principle is foundational in the "Set Up Compensation Bases" task documentation).

2. Workday Community: Article # 213787: How is the Primary Compensation Basis Determined? This article explicitly confirms the logic: "Workday evaluates the ranked compensation bases in ascending order (lowest to highest rank number). The first compensation basis for which the worker meets the eligibility rules becomes the primary compensation basis. Unranked compensation bases are not considered in this evaluation."