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title: "Managing Position Budgets and Budget Sources"
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# Managing a Position’s Budget

*For customers of our Position Management module.*

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## To add or adjust a position’s budgeted base pay and/or variable pay:

*By default, only Company Admins can manage budgets for all positions. Company Admins can allow HR Admins, HR Managers, and Limited Admins to view and edit compensation and/or budgeting data for the entire organization or their specified scope. Within headcount plans, compensation and position budget data* [*displayed*](/v1/docs/creating-and-managing-a-headcount-plan#to-edit-plan-settings-or-manage-admins-and-planners) *are visible to all assigned plan participants, regardless of their assigned permissions in Built. Learn more about* [*managing user roles and permissions*](/v1/docs/managing-user-roles-and-permissions)*.*

1. When [creating or editing the position](/v1/docs/creating-and-managing-positions#to-manually-edit-or-remove-a-position), navigate to the **Planning** tab within the Add/Edit Position window, then locate the **Budget** section.
2. To add or edit the position’s budgeted base pay, click the **Base Pay** dropdown, then select **Salary** or **Hourly.**
  - For **Salary**, enter the yearly base salary budget.
  - If you selected **Hourly**, enter the hourly rate and the number of hours the position will cover per week.

*The total will update as you adjust the budgeted base pay and budgeted variable pay.*
3. To add or edit the position’s budgeted variable pay, use the Variable Pay dropdown to select **Amount** or **Percent of Base** before entering a value.

*You can create variable pay types by locating the* ***Position Budget*** *section, clicking the* ***+ Add*** *button, entering the name of the new variable pay type, and then clicking* ***Add****. When* [*managing variable pay types*](/v1/docs/managing-variable-pay-types) *from the Position Management page, you can add, edit, or delete your organization’s variable pay types.*
4. Click **Save**.

*You can manage multiple position budgets at once by* [*editing your org chart's datasheet*](/v1/docs/creating-and-managing-positions#to-edit-an-org-charts-datasheet)*.*

Please contact our Customer Success Team for additional assistance.

## Additional Resources

[Managing Funding Sources](/v1/docs/managing-funding-sources)

[Utilizing Your Position Data](/v1/docs/utilizing-your-position-data)