I have an Excel worksheet with a column indicating approx. 11
different positions (this number will probably increase). I would
like Excel to automatically insert a salary in one column based on the
job title inserted in the column prior.

e.g.

Supervisor typed in one column with automatically insert the salary in
the next column $100,000.00
Foreman typed in will automatically insert $75,000.00 in the next
column (Salary column)
Labour - $50,000.00 will insert in next column
Labour + 10 yrs will insert $55,000.00
Labour + 20 yrs will insert $60,000.00
etcetera....

I am a basic Excel user and have been trying IF as well as IF AND and
have been getting a lot of errors.

I would also be interested in a column that has a person with a Labour
title, automatically change to Labour+ 10 yrs, once the 10 years from
the start date has been reached. This would then change the salary
automatically (per above) to an increased amount.

Thank you.

Take a look at VLOOKUP in Excel Help - this will do what you want to do
quite easily.

Hope this helps.

Pete

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I have an Excel worksheet with a column indicating approx. 11
different positions (this number will probably increase). I would
like Excel to automatically insert a salary in one column based on the
job title inserted in the column prior.

e.g.

Supervisor typed in one column with automatically insert the salary in
the next column $100,000.00
Foreman typed in will automatically insert $75,000.00 in the next
column (Salary column)
Labour - $50,000.00 will insert in next column
Labour + 10 yrs will insert $55,000.00
Labour + 20 yrs will insert $60,000.00
etcetera....

I am a basic Excel user and have been trying IF as well as IF AND and
have been getting a lot of errors.

I would also be interested in a column that has a person with a Labour
title, automatically change to Labour+ 10 yrs, once the 10 years from
the start date has been reached. This would then change the salary
automatically (per above) to an increased amount.

Thank you.

Hi,

Suppose you want the user to type in "Labour + 10" and so on into cell A1

The create a 2 column table somewhere in your spreadsheet - in the first
column list all the entries the user may make, in the second column list the
associated salaries. Assuming that if the Labor is between Labour + 10 and
Labour + 20 you enter Labour + 10, not Labour + 12.5, you then could create
the following formula in cell B1. Let's assume your rate table runs from
D1:E15
=VLOOKUP(A1,D1:E15,2,FALSE)
This means lookup the entry in A1 in the first column of the range D1:E15
and return the value from the second column if column A is an exact match to
what the user typed.
I would avoid Labour + 10 and use Labour+10 this way it's easier to spot
typos, because Excel will not return a result if the item typed into A1 does
not match an entry in the salary table exactly. (case not important.)
--
Thanks,
Shane Devenshire


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I have an Excel worksheet with a column indicating approx. 11
different positions (this number will probably increase). I would
like Excel to automatically insert a salary in one column based on the
job title inserted in the column prior.

e.g.

Supervisor typed in one column with automatically insert the salary in
the next column $100,000.00
Foreman typed in will automatically insert $75,000.00 in the next
column (Salary column)
Labour - $50,000.00 will insert in next column
Labour + 10 yrs will insert $55,000.00
Labour + 20 yrs will insert $60,000.00
etcetera....

I am a basic Excel user and have been trying IF as well as IF AND and
have been getting a lot of errors.

I would also be interested in a column that has a person with a Labour
title, automatically change to Labour+ 10 yrs, once the 10 years from
the start date has been reached. This would then change the salary
automatically (per above) to an increased amount.

Thank you.